Yes. RocketLab recently announced they'll be sending a mission to Venus. Privately funded, and the details will be announced shortly. https://www.reddit.com/r/

Yes. RocketLab recently announced they'll be sending a mission to Venus. Privately funded, and the details will be announced shortly. https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLab/comments/g8bxmy/rocket_labs_peter_beck_midair_recovery_photon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLab/comments/g8bxmy/rocket_la... In 2023: https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-private-venus-mission-2023.html https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-private-venus-mission-2023.... I have to wonder if they had contact with these MIT scientists pre-publication and that's what partially spurred this mission. (RocketLab and Photon seem like a REALLY good platform for low-cost, small planetary missions like this. You can launch a mission for the price of a paper conceptual study and without the constraints of being a secondary payload, which is problematic for planetary missions with their narrow launch windows.)