Motherboard's video: The First Private Space Mission to Venus The Space Show

Rocket Lab, the private space company best known for launching small payloads into orbit, is poised to become the first private company to ever explore another planet. Founder Peter Beck shares his plans to put a probe into the atmosphere of the hottest planet in the solar system. Watch more from this series: Inside the Fastest Spaceship Ever Made https://youtu.be/MegG5jFNRmQ NASA Is Building a Space Station Around the Moon https://youtu.be/Uxq406Bd7T8 Subscribe to MOTHERBOARD: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-To-MOTHERBOARD Follow MOTHERBOARD Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/motherboardtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/motherboard Tumblr: http://motherboardtv.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/motherboardvice More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo