Another big topic of discussion at LPSC seemed to be Venus. I say "seemed" because I’m sure the actual big topic of discussion was proposed budget cuts, which could be as much as 50%, but there was no definitive information on budget cuts, so that is more a big topic for gossip than for actual fact-based discussion. So let’s look at Venus. The most recent missions to Venus were Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter, which studied the Venusian cloud cover from 2015 to 2024, and ESA’s Venus Express, which also studied Venus’s atmosphere, and orbited from 2006 to 2015. Together, these 2 missions...