Venus exploration

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MartG

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Saturday 11th November 2017
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Interesting article about NASA researching high temperature electronic components based on Silicon Carbide semiconductors capable of withstanding the surface conditions on Venus

https://www.universetoday.com/137803/building-elec...

If they can extend them to the same level of complexity as silicon ones, it opens up the possibility of Venus surface landers which can survive for more than a few minutes