Union Cabinet approves development of Venus Orbiter Mission
The Cabinet has allocated Rs 1,236 crore for the mission, of which Rs 824 crore will be spent on the development of the spacecraft by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the event of Venus Orbiter Mission for exploring and studying the planet. The ‘Venus Orbiter Mission’ to be helmed by the Department of Space will involve placing a scientific spacecraft contained within the orbit of Venus for better figuring out of its surface and subsurface, atmospheric processes and influence of the Sun on the Venusian atmosphere.
Venus, the closest planet to Earth and believed to have formed in conditions corresponding to Earth, offers a unique opportunity to contemplate how planetary environments can evolve very in a different way, an announcement said.
The learn about of the underlying causes of the transformation of Venus, which is believed to be once habitable and kind of corresponding to Earth, should be an invaluable aid in figuring out the evolution of the sister planets, both Venus and Earth, it said.
The Cabinet has allocated Rs 1,236 crore for the mission, of which Rs 824 crore shall be spent on the event of the spacecraft by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
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