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curiousuburb
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2006-04-11, 18:41

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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
I'm out of the loop on planetary space missions, but I was under the impression that NASA had sent a rover to Venus. How did the craft survive the descent through the dense atmosphere, and the high temperatures on the surface? Venus seems like a pretty shitty place to spend the night!
I think you're thinking of a two-part episode of Six Million Dollar Man



There have been landers on Venus... mainly Russian Soviet ones, the Venera missions ( 3 through 14... not all "successful" ), but temperatures that melt lead, sulfuric acid rain, and atmospheric pressures equivalent to 1km below the sea meant that none lasted long.



There are a few more images... including some from the surface on the links above.

No rovers. Yet.

All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.

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