How long can a modern spacecraft last on Venus? How to develop electronics, batteries and other things that can survive these harsh conditions? What could the lifespan of such a mission be? We discuss all that with Dr Tibor Kremic from NASA Glenn Research Center.

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00:00 Intro
01:17 How bad Venus really is
03:27 What it takes to last on Venus
06:40 Chips that can survive on Venus
13:59 Batteries for Venus
18:45 Timebased measurements of Venus
23:03 Moving on the surface of Venus
26:32 Clockwork rovers
30:30 Hightemperature solar cells
33:00 Advantages of Venus
42:29 Outro


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