NASA's New Venus lander

[Sleeper]

 

NASA has plans to send a clockwork lander with a mechanical computer to Venus. It's to hot for any electronics on the surface to run for very long.  So they are looking using a large clock spring wound by a wind turbine driving a the computer, the legs and a phonograph lathe.  The records made on the lathe contain the collected data and then are launched on small balloons to a "balloon satellite" moving above the acidic clouds. 

They should call it "Tic-Toc" after the Mechanical clock work man in Frank Baum's Oz books.     

Other that that I think only members of this forum understand what they are doing and think that it is a sane project.   

[digginstony]

Sounds like a plan to me!

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