The missions of NASA to venture into planet Venus is based on their potential for scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans. Examine (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· NASA has selected two missions to the planet Venus, Earth’s nearest neighbour. The missions called DAVINCI+ and VERITAS have been selected based on their potential for scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans.
· Venus is the second-brightest object in the sky after the moon, appears bright because of its thick cloud cover that reflects and scatters light, called as Earth’s twin because of their similar sizes, the two planets have significant differences between them.
· Both missions are part of the space agency’s Discovery Program, which began in 1992 to give scientists the chance to launch some missions that use fewer resources and have shorter developmental times.
· DAVINCI+ is short for ‘Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging’ and is the first US-led mission to the planet’s atmosphere since 1978.
· VERITAS is short for ‘Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy’ and will map the planet’s surface to determine its geologic history and understand the reasons why it developed so differently from Earth.
· This mission will also map the emissions from Venus’s surface that may help in determining the type of rocks that exist on Venus. It will also determine if active volcanoes are releasing water vapour into the atmosphere.
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