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Russians landed 10 probes successfully and took pictures and did the science. Venera 13 lander survived for 127 minutes. You can shield the probes from sulfur
by nabla9 6y ago
Russians landed 10 probes successfully and took pictures and did the science.
Venera 13 lander survived for 127 minutes.
You can shield the probes from sulfuric acid and pressure, but it's hard to keep electronics cool for longer than few hours. Mean surface temperature is 464 °C. (867 °F). Doing science experiments is even harder.
- m4rtink 6y agoYou could use active cooling but the energy requirements would be immense, as you would need to make the heat sink even hotter than the 464+ C atmosphere. You would basically have to use a crazy high temperature reactor like those envisioned for project Pluto, but setup to somehow produce useful work instead of propulsion, to get the necessary power needed to reach sane cold side temperatures on your heat pump.