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Originally Posted by ravens_cry
Also, sending a rover to Venus would be different because you couldn't keep cool by keeping your radiator in the dark, like in a vacuum. At least that's my guess anyway.
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You could keep it edgewise to the Sun, with a bit of a shade..
Still, Venutian atmosphere is incredibly corrosive, particularly when it's that hot. It's like sending a probe into a vat of 900 degree acqua regia, which dissolves gold at room temperature. At 900 deg, it would cut through pretty much anything in short order, except, perhaps, a vapor-deposited layer of pure diamond.
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