Word: barsukov
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...reporting the Soviet results in Houston, Valery Barsukov, director of the Soviet Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, made a pointed pitch for continued cooperation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. (The U.S. provided radar maps of the Venus surface and helped the Soviets select the landing sites.) In 1985 another pair of Soviet probes will be dropped into the Venusian atmosphere while their mother ship hurtles on toward a rendezvous with Halley's comet. The U.S., meanwhile, is passing up the chance to intercept that rare heavenly visitor, and its plans for another visit to Venus remain...