Budget pressures at NASA, specifically arising from the increasing costs of several planetary science mission programmes, have rendered the Venus orbiter VERITAS as collateral damage. Currently on subsistence funding, mission scientists worry about the impact of ongoing delays on Venus exploration.
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Kuthunur, S. Stricken NASA mission VERITAS in prolonged wait to kick off ‘decade of Venus’. Nat Astron 7, 1404–1406 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02167-7
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