U.S.-Russian talks on Venus mission resume

It's great to see that NASA and Roscosmos are back to working together. I hope it'll stay that way and pray that politicans won't try to mess things up again.

Also cool they're trying to put a balloon in that mission - maybe this will lead to long-duration studies using balloons and airships, which can be placed above the corrosive layers and killer temperatures.

The two final Soviet Venus missions, Vega-1 & Vega-2, both flew with the first-ever -- and only -- aerostats (balloons) deployed on another planet! Images & details: http://mentallandscape.com/V_Vega.htm

Good times. ISRO is also mulling on a mission to Venus[1][2]. Hoping to see them materialize soon.

[1]http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isro-now-eyes-venus-as-its-ne...

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisa...

Url changed from http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/nasa-russia-working-t..., which points to this.