The mission was set to kickstart NASA's 'decade of Venus,' but it is now on hold due to budget issues.
" for NASA, in which three major missions would travel to investigate the atmosphere of our nearest planetary neighbor. The VERITAS team was expected to lead the way by sending a probe to orbit Venus and beam data back to Earth.
Recently, scientists have been pushed for more missions to Venus, stating that the planet may harbor extraterrestrial microbial life in its atmosphere. One group of scientists even called for aNASA's VERITAS "deep freeze" also affects other space agencies, which orbited the planet almost 30 years ago. Now, though, the delay to NASA's VERITAS mission will likely have knock-on effects for the other two missions NASA has planned.
The DAVINCI mission, for example, was slated to fly to Venus in the early 2030s. That mission, which will drop a probe into Venus' thick clouds, is reliant on data from VERITAS. NASA officials intended to use data collected by VERITAS to help choose the best entry point for the probe. The European Space Agency also has a mission in the works called EnVision, which is set to arrive at Venus in the early 2030s. ESA was also hoping to have VERITAS data ahead of the launch of EnVision.
Unfortunately, it looks like the White House's latest budget proposal for NASA may have long-lasting repercussions for scientists hoping to learn more about Earth's evil twin.
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