https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1611.03365/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42333098urn:hackerpapers:mention:1611.03365:42333098Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:40:30 GMT<p>Crushing is manageable but melting is the issue. At this point all planned missions are still orbiters, so Venus will still not have the wealth of in-situ data that Mars does. There are two major concepts that I found really fun: 1) airships and 2) steampunk rovers. Airships: 2018 JPL: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/aerial-platforms-for-the-s... 2020s report on in-situ sampling using airships as mothership https://kiss.caltech.edu/final_reports/Venus_In_Situ_Final_R... Clockwork rover for long-lived venus exploration: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/a-clockwork-rover-for-venus/ I don&#x27;t think…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1611.03365/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.IM