On Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 12:33:18 AM UTC+8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:23:10 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:
If they intend to do seismology, they'll need a probe that can do it and withstand the conditions on the planet for a period of time. Is it even possible? Wouldn't another basic observational probe be a good idea? It's been 40 years or so since the Russians landed one on the surface and took pictures.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47672736
Did you even read the article? The proposal is to study this via an
orbital radar system. There's no suggestion of a surface lander.
There is another proposed Venus mission that includes a lander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera-D