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This photo released by NASA shows the planet Venus in a composite of data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter - Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighor? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping for as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023. "I would expect a mission to Venus to be sort of $30 million," Beck told AFP from Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by - / NASA/JPL-CALTECH / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO WITH AFP STORY by Ivan Couronne, "Back to Venus: Upstart space company wants to beat NASA in hunt for life"