Never mind the Phobos-Grunt, we're the Venera-D

More entry capsules than you can shake a stick at...if that's your idea
of a good time:http://www.russianspaceweb.com/venera_d.html

Pat

On Oct 15, 7:18*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
More entry capsules than you can shake a stick at...if that's your idea
of a good time:http://www.russianspaceweb.com/venera_d.html

Pat

At least their primary infomercial simulation image includes a few
stars along with the vibrant planet Venus, as should easily be the
case with modern CCD imagers and their terrific DR(dynamic range) that
far exceeds photographic film.

There's also a few NASA team derived alternatives for doing Venus by
various atmospheric vessels as well as surface/ground covering
robotics, although I've never heard from any of these folks that
obviously need to spend most of their public funded time with damage-
control tactics, of covering their butts and subsequent job and nifty
benefit security factors (doesn't leave much time or resources for
their R&D of specific missions)

~ BG