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Sterilization of Venus 3 Voice Amid Space Flight Controversy
Tass reported Venus 3 was sterilized to stop terrestrial microbes from hitchhiking to Venus after a 25 million mile flight. Western scientists like Sir Bernard Lovell criticized the contamination, noting a planned soft landing was attempted but not accomplished. The account varied, preserving the idea of a soft landing while withholding failure details.
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Venus
Sir Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory
Tass