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ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-being-neighborly dept.

teeto writes to tell us The International Herald Tribune is reporting that the European Space Agency is planning to send a spacecraft to peer at Venus." From the article: "If the robot craft pulls off the complex maneuver of slowing down enough to swing into orbit, scientists hope it will help solve the mystery of how the shrouded, churning atmosphere of Venus formed and how it maintains the planet's broiler-like temperatures."

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  1. Scary! by linguizic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it scare anyone else that the French keep trying to prove that at least one planet in our solar system is made of cheese?

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  2. TFA by TubeSteak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just noticed this now. There's a link that says "Change Format" on the left under the text ARTICLE TOOLS

    It gives you a single column... like normal sites. I've always hated that side by side stuff.

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  3. Beware of Unicorns by martinX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Beware of unicorns

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  4. Re:Poster got it wrong by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hahahaha Teeto is a fucking tard!

    lol, for once I see someone posting as AC with a good reason.

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