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Title: Technologies for Future Venus Exploration
Primary Author: Tibor Balint
Secondary Author(s): James Cutts, Mark Bullock, James Garvin, Stephen Gorevan, Jeffery Hall, Peter Hughes, Gary Hunter, Satish Khanna, Elizabeth Kolawa, Viktor Kerzhanovich, Ethiraj Venkatapathy
Institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: September 9, 2009
Summary: This VEXAG community white paper covers both heritage, and key enhancing and enabling technologies, which are required for future Venus exploration missions in all three mission classes. It also argues for a targeted technology development program, including a large environmental test chamber.
Panel Selection: Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, and the Moon.
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