Challenges of Venus exploration
• 11 · · · 12 km/s entry velocity; • 15 · · · 50 gs peak deceleration; • 3 · · · 40 MW/m2 peak heat flux; • sulphuric acid cloud layer; • up to 100 m/s high altitude winds; • > 725 K surface temperature; • 9,200 kPa surface pressure.
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