Robert Herrick, a research professor who specializes in planetary resurfacing histories at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will be part of not one, but two missions to Venus so that we may unravel the planet’s geologic history.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Robert Herrick, a research professor who specializes in planetary resurfacing histories at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will be part of not one, but two, missions to Venus with the goal of unraveling the planet’s geologic history.
“There’s now some effort where we’re going to try and coordinate to make sure that the two missions aren’t duplicating each other and are actually designed to complement each other,” Herrick said. “In the grand scheme of things Venus and Earth are almost indistinguishable. They are almost identical in size and very similar in terms of distance from the sun, yet Venus is completely inhospitable to life currently, so trying to understand why that is,” said Herrick.
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