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Re:Confronting the Credibility Gap for Crewed Exploration of... by jcoffland on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @02:18PM (#13231809)
Don't forget the extreme pressures on the surface which have crushed every probe we've sent there.
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Re:Confronting the Credibility Gap for Crewed Exploration of... by nine_k on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @03:15PM (#13232234)
A few Soviet probes made it to Venusian surface and managed to even transmit pictures and scientific data.

High temperatures killed them in a matter of hour or so, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Venus

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