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Venus Probe Set to Reach Target
Accommodate Students writes "The BBC is reporting on the first space mission to Venus in a decade, which is about to reach its target. From the article: 'On Tuesday morning, a European robotic craft will perform a 50-minute-long engine burn to slow its speed enough to be captured by Venus' gravity. Venus Express will orbit our nearest planetary neighbour for about 500 Earth days to study its atmosphere, which has undergone runaway greenhouse warming.' If all goes well, it could shed important light on climate change here on Earth."
I'd give venus a probing with my "first post"
"I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
I notice that the article calls Venus `Earth's Evil Twin'. Does that mean we can expect the probe to detect a large goatee on the surface?
-Grey
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Judging from the climate, we can safely guess how the last elections on Venus went like. However, Veneral Republican Party spokesman said: "Global warming is just an unproven myth".
We are also sure that Democrats don't rule Mars, either -- they haven't yet ran out of sand.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Who chooses these names? 'Venus Express' sounds like the name of a low class Berlin nightclub.
As far as we can tell, Mars has far fewer pirates than the Earth - this may also be a factor in the planet's weak atmosphere. We believe there are no pirates at all on the Moon.
Perhaps the surface of Venus is covered in pirates - that could explain its thick dense atmosphere.
Jolyon
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Venus Express will orbit our nearest planetary neighbour for about 500 Earth days to study its atmosphere, which has undergone runaway greenhouse warming.
So if we don't find any SUVs on Venus, then we'll know once and for all that they DON'T cause greenhouse warming!
They planned it yesterday and it already about to reach the target.
Mada mada dane.
My hats off to the ESA. In the 3 days since we first find out that ESA is planning to send a spacecraft to Venus , the ESA has managed to build the thing, launch it, cross the distance between the Earth to Venus, and are now ready for orbital insertion. I'm amazed.
Great headline! Yeah, it's usually a good idea if space probes are set to reach their target. Helps accomplish the mission objectives. If it said "Venus probe set to reach Mercury", I'd be worried about the mission planners.