We unfortunately get more scientific value out of a falling probe because you can get atmospheric composition from deployment all the way to the ground. Some qu

We unfortunately get more scientific value out of a falling probe because you can get atmospheric composition from deployment all the way to the ground. Some quite strange phenomena may be happening closer to the ground. There is evidence that Venus' atmosphere is not uniformly mixed, which may be a result of the lower atmosphere being supercritical CO2[0]. The lower atmosphere is also hotter than the melting point of some metals, so it may be possible to find them in the air. [0]https://www.sciencenews.org/article/unlike-earth-venus-gases-atmosphere-are-not-uniformly-mixed https://www.sciencenews.org/article/unlike-earth-venus-gases...