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A little more research plus a phone call to
Charles Vick (the leading authority on the Soviet space program, who,
fortunately, lives only a few miles from here),

Oh yeah!!! I forgot I had his phone number on my Palm!

Please, that wasn't very nice. I was just trying to let you know that I went
to some trouble to get an expert answer for you.

revealed this: The Venera
spacecraft were constructed of pretty much the same materials as most
other
Soviet spacecraft---and US spacecraft, too, for that matter. These
materials
included (and I've added their melting points in degrees F) stainless
steel
(2550), aluminum (1218), copper (1981), titanium (3263), tungsten
(6150),
various lightweight copper, magnesium and aluminum alloys (all with
melting
points well over 1000), silicon (about 2605 depending the compound),
quartz
(for the camera windows---2912) and assorted ceramics. There was no film
in
the cameras---they were video. As has been pointed out to you already
(and
repeatedly at that), the main protection to the spacecraft was not the
materials used in its construction but the special cooling system built
into
it to shield the instruments. And even that managed to last only a few
minutes.

I hope this answers your question.

It's a start, and I thank you. It's rather **apparent** I don't have
whatever
"resources" that you have... ISN'T it?

Sure, but that's one of the advantages of this newsgroup: there are people
here who do have great resources. I make use of their expertise all the
time.

RM