Experimental Study of Structural Materials for Prolonged Venus Surface Exploration Missions

What is it about?

Exploration of Venus has long been identified as scientifically important. However, due to the high temperature (467°C), high pressure (90x that of Earth), and highly corrosive chemistry of the Venus atmosphere, previous Venus lander missions to the planet have been limited to at most a couple of hours of data return. In this study, we evaluate some possible structural materials for use in construction of a long-duration Venus lander by exposing them in a specially designed vessel that simulates Venus surface conditions.

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