「另異新聞」:美國太空總署突然宣布,將對金星進行兩項新的探索任務,了解金星大氣層及地理特徵。
兩項任務分別獲撥款5億美元進行,將於2028年至2030年之間啟動。
太空總署形容,兩項任務將提供一個機會,探索一個美國已30多年沒有去過的星球。以前美蘇兩國也對金星進行多次太空探索,但後來不知原因地通通停止,而家美國忽然又去金星令人感到怪怪地!
美國對上一次金星任務,已是在1990年利用麥哲倫號軌道飛行器,探測這個行星。
Venus, our planetary neighbor, is a hot, hellish unforgiving world and NASA has selected two bold new missions to study this inferno-like planet: DAVINCI+ and VERITAS. Are Venus and Earth fundamentally unique worlds? Or are the differences between these ‘twins’ only cosmetic? Answering this question is key to understanding what makes other rocky planets habitable and, ultimately, emerge with life. Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NASA's%20Return%20to%20Venus Learn more about NASA’s newest Discovery missions: https://go.nasa.gov/NewVenusMissions