r/spaceporn • u/superblobby • Feb 18 '21

The first Image from the Perseverance Rover NASA

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u/MartPlayZzZ Feb 18 '21

Why don't we actually send rovers to the Venus? Is it because of the Sun? I bet it's even as interesting as the Mars

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u/Chungit1917 Feb 18 '21

Super acidic atmosphere and other environmental dangers means making a rover that can operate there for any amount of time a lot harder than on Mars

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u/fireballetar Feb 18 '21

We did send rovers to Venus but its so hot that they just melt after some minutes or hours so it's financially unattractive to spend 100's of millions to get 5 hours on venus surface (numbers are kinda madeup, but should be close enough)

Edit: I checked and the Rekord of a Rover on the surface of Venus is 127minutes while opportunity for example lasted 15 years... Quite a bit of a difference

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u/zilti Feb 19 '21

We sent landers to Venus - especially the Soviets - but we never sent a rover there.

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u/fireballetar Feb 19 '21

Yes true but the faith nlwould be the same