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

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 -- and that severely drives up the cost of doing anything
there, which makes it an unattractive target.
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MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer
since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. |