Adam Hart-Davis is at mission control in Germany as Venus Express hits its destination. Will the results sent back explain how a planet that started out like Earth has ended up with crushing air pressure, clouds of sulphuric acid and a surface temperature hot enough to melt zinc? With Dr Janet Sumner.
(Rptd 11.50pm)
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Is there life on Venus?: page 31