Discussion Will Russia send a rover to Venus?

[T.Neo]

Mankind once wrote stories. About aliens on Venus. About Venus being a second Earth.
Then there was space exploration and the more we knew about it the more we were like:

"Uh, that place...let's just forget about it."

I must say that of all the planets in the night sky, Venus is undoubtedly my favourite. It's so striking... quite pretty. But when thinking about the planet itself, one thing comes to mind;

What a waste of land.

 

[Artlav]

Plenty of sky, however.

 

[N_Molson]

In Venus atmosphere - that means just 5-10 m/s velocity on impact, what is the same speed as a parachute landing on Earth.

:yes: You actually more sink in Venus lower atmosphere than you fall... I'm pretty sure that shipwrecks hit the sea floor with comparable velocities.

I guess that the "parachute" used on the Venera probes was more a disc of metal than something else.

 

[Urwumpe]

I guess that the "parachute" used on the Venera probes was more a disc of metal than something else.

No, it was a real parachute, but it was discarded pretty soon, the probe was just slowed down enough that it can descend without parachute safely.