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2012 Venus Transit Special #2: Humans in Venus Orbit (1967)
For more than a century, astronomers assumed that Venus, which on June 5/6 will cross the Sun's disk as viewed from Earth, was Earth's twin. The first successful planetary probe, Mariner II, revealed it to be hellishly hot. That put an end to thoughts of piloted Venus landings, but not to plans for piloted Venus exploration. Beyond Apollo blogger David S. F. Portree looks at one such plan -- a Venus orbiter -- that was meant to serve as a stepping stone to Mars. ...
Published By: Wired - Friday, 1 June, 2012
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Things To Do During a Piloted Venus/Mars/Venus Flyby Mission (1968) Wired (3 days ago) - From 1962 to 1967, NASA studied piloted Mars/Venus flybys as a possible interim step between...
