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Venus Probe Set to Reach Target

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the venus-or-bust dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Climate on Venus by bheer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's Venusian, not 'Veneral' (assuming you misspelt 'Venereal', which does originate from 'Venus' but is used as a synonym for 'sexual' and is not used for the planet).

    Wikipedia has a bit more on this.

    And oh, is the Republican Party responsible for Global Warming now? That is such a tired cliche.

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  2. Re:Suspected Al Qaeda Bases on Venus by Oldsmobile · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, so now OBL has WMD's as well?! What kind of crazy "You get a WMD! You get a WMD! You get a WMD!" Oprah episode is this.

    First Iraq, then Iran, now Osama?!? Jeezus!

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  3. Re:Enough of that by Jesus+Christ+Almight · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you William for defending me like that. Now, stop wanking so much.

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