[Interview] Here's Why We Need A Venus Exploration Program

Venus is closer than Mars. It's more Earth-like. We can bring back samples from it. But it's chronically underexlored. This is why we need a Venus Exploration Program! 👉 Watch the bonus part about Mars Sample Return: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr Paul Byrne https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06830 00:00 Intro 01:35 Current state of Venus exploration 08:08 Venus Exploration Program 16:41 Technological advancements 23:32 Venus Sample Return 27:05 Why Venus at all 38:36 Big scientific question 57:07 Current obsessions 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/qshaDSStFPY 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast