After the historic success of the Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set for the next mission to the brightest planet in the solar system – Venus. According to ISRO chief S Somnath, the mission to Venus has already been configured. He made the remarks while addressing the India National Science Academy in Delhi.While speaking at the event, Somnath said, “We have a lot of missions in the conceptual phase. A mission to Venus is already configured. Payloads have already developed for it.”He also said that Venus is one of the interesting planets and exploring it will help us find new answers in the Space science. He said, “Venus is a very interesting planet. It also has an atmosphere. Its atmosphere is so thick. The atmospheric pressure is 100 times that of Earth and it is full of acids. You cannot penetrate the surface. You dont know if its surface is hard or not. Why are we trying to understand all of this Earth could be one day Venus. I dont know. Maybe 10,000 years later we (Earth) change our characteristics. Earth was never like this. It was not a habitable place long long back.”The brightest planet in the solar system, Venus is the second one from the Sun and is Earths closest planetary neighbour. Its one of the four inner, terrestrial (or rocky) planets, and its often called Earths twin because its similar in size and density.
