In message , Henry Spencer
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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.

Given that you don't need parachutes or airbags, would it be cost
effective to drop a whole pack of Beagles, at intervals of about three
weeks?
I can see that launch window problems mean you would have to do this
from an orbiting bus, which would add enormously to the cost.
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