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>From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
>Newsgroups: sci.space
>Subject: Re: Next unmanned missions to Venus?
>Date: 20 Jan 1993 05:55 UT
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>In article <rabjab.25.727499456@golem.ucsd.edu>, rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu (rabjab) writes...
>>Does anyone know of plans for future Venus exploration?  Any
>>leads would be appreciated.
>
>The only mission I'm aware of that will be going to Venus within the
>next 10 years is Cassini.  Cassini will be making two Venus flybys
>in 1998 and 1999 as part of its gravity assisted trajectory to Saturn.
>But other than that, it looks pretty bleak for Venus missions. I know
>several members of the Magellan team would like to see another spacecraft
>dedicated to Venus.  The Soviets had tentative plans a couple of years
>ago to send a Venera spacecraft to Venus in 2005, but as far as I know
>those plans have been abandoned.  


Hmmm, well, I guess if we were to make any kind of serious exploration of
Venus's  surface we would have to develop electronics componants that
operate comforably at 900f. And metals that can protect the inards of the
probe from terrential sulfuric acid down-poors..
How WOULD we do that by the way? Anyone know??


         --- Ryan Korniloff
         --- rkornilo@nyx.cs.du.edu