Venusian Injuns

The Venusian Injuns incident in 197 BSC was a catastrophic failure of the first attempt to colonize the surface of Venus in Sol System. The colony effort was financed by Venusian Industries, Inc. with the goal of being able to harvest and export the noxious gases and other resources found on Venus' surface and atmosphere. 
The colony effort was not publicized due to the company's fears of competition. Due to failure of oversight on the part of the company, the several dozen colonists were left stranded on the surface of Venus without regular shipments of supplies. They starved and asphyxiated. 
When the fate of the colonists was discovered by the company, they tried to cover it up. The incident was leaked to the general public by an employee of the company and immediately became a global scandal. For a short time it halted the general push into space and led to tight regulations on private space companies by the three major super powers.
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