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Not that I know of, Venus is kinda crazy. 90 ATM pressure, -1 pH acid rain, about 700 K temperatures at night, it's pretty absurd. Unless you want to make a pro
by smitty1110 5y ago
Not that I know of, Venus is kinda crazy. 90 ATM pressure, -1 pH acid rain, about 700 K temperatures at night, it's pretty absurd. Unless you want to make a probe out of solid Tungsten, you're probably out of luck. And good luck getting that out of low earth orbit, that would be stupidly heavy.
- chmod600 5y agoWould it help to have a burrowing probe? What are the subterranean conditions like?
- bserge 5y agoI believe an airship would have higher chances of survival. If the surface has been that hot for thousands/millions of years, why would the underground be different? Unless you go really deep (hundreds of KM?), which is impossible.
- m4rtink 5y agoIIRC some designs have an airship with probe on a long cable. The airship stays in the relatively cool upper layers of the atmosphere and periodically lowers the probe to study the surface for a short while. That way you can cool the probe down every time you reel it in instead of making it withstand the hellish temperatures for extended amounts of time.
- yosito 5y agoWhat if you designed a probe like a medicine capsule, with an outer shell that's designed to melt, but a smaller rover inside that can survive the heat/acid/pressure?
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoDesigning the rover that can survive the environment is the difficult part.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoIf the shell melts, then how does it help the rover
- siliconunit 5y agoThey are going for a fully mechanical automaton probe apparently, no electronics, very interesting approach. https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/space-robots/jpl-design-for-a-clockwork-rover-to-explore-venus https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/space-robots/jp...