I think a larger mission with some sort of airship dropping little science packages would yield quite a trove of data without the entire mission burning up in a

I think a larger mission with some sort of airship dropping little science packages would yield quite a trove of data without the entire mission burning up in an hour. Hopefully the success of the little Martian helicopter gives mission planners something to think about. -edited to add, something like a molten salt battery could travel to Venus completely inert and only become active as it warms, also acting as a heat sink.