Venus

14 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

Researchers want to understand every planet in the Solar System. Efforts in the late-20th century showed that Venus is a difficult planet to observe remotely from the surface, but with new technologies and a better understanding comes innovative exploration ideas. A lot of these new ideas have a common theme, which is exploring Venus from within the clouds. As Venus has more favourable conditions in the clouds, with wind speeds that allow an object to travel around the planet much faster than it rotates, scientists are looking to introduce aircraft or