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Rocket Lab will self-fund a mission to search for life in the clouds of Venus
Never let it be said that Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck lacks a flamboyant streak. Although his Electron launch vehicle is one of the smallest orbital rockets in the world, Beck gleans every bit of performance from the booster he can. On just the rocket's second launch, in January 2018, he added a disco-ball like geodesic sphere called "Humanity Star" to give humans a small and bright shining object to, however briefly, gaze upon in the night sky.
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Those clouds seem like they would be pretty toxic to any life, although then again there are extremophile bacteria here on Earth so... maybe....?