Richard Stewart wrote:
I'm wondering if there's any plans for new probes to the surface
of Venus...

Henry Spencer wrote:
Nothing much at the moment. It's still very difficult to operate
for any length of time on the surface -- keeping the electronics
cold is the biggest problem ...

Would it be possible to design electronics which work at Venus surface
temperatures? Using diamond semiconductors, perhaps? Or maybe vacuum
tubes?

At least there's not much day-night temperature fluctuation, unlike
on Mars.
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