Hakan Svedhem Quotations

Venus is very unpleasant. We know the greenhouse effect on Earth is a very interesting topic. Maybe with Venus, we can better understand how our own atmosphere works.

I was a very happy man today, together with my fellow scientists. This is really a fantastic experience to see that we end up exactly in the position we wanted to be. Now our work starts. That's very nice work.

There are so many interesting questions about Venus. Venus was once quite similar to Earth, but now the two planets are very different. Why are they so different now and when did this change start?

Just one day after arrival, we are already experiencing the hot, dynamic environment of Venus. We will see much more detail at an unprecedented level as we get over 100 times better resolution as we get closer to Venus, and we expect to see these spiral structures evolve very quickly.

We're already experiencing the hot, dynamic environment of Venus.