A question I have on the Venera-3 spacecraft entry into the Venusian atmosphere; I think Gary would have the expertise to answer the question.

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Jacob Samorodin — 9/16/2004 6:34:23 PM (archived)

It was on March/01/1966 when the TASS news-agency announced that
the Venera-3 spacecraft had become the first spacecraft to plunge into the atmosphere of Venus.
The TASS news-agency went on to add that a nickel metal "hammer & sickle" emblem carried by that Venera landed on the surface.

Ahuh?...Did it really?

I would be safe to guess that Venera-3 plunged into the atmosphere at a steep-angle, so how could a "hammer & sickle" emblem survive?

(1) Ablative materials were wrapped around it?

(2) The Soviet space engineers were victims of wishful thinking?

(3) They lied?

(4) Or the capsule containing the hammer & sickle emblem was packed with
asbestos, which vitirified around the emblem under the intense heat of entry?

What do you think, Gary?

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A question I have on the Venera-3 spacecraft entry into the Venusian atmosphere; I think Gary would have the expertise to answer the question. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/16/2004 6:34:23 PM
- Want to see the actual Venera 3 pendant? - LJK - 9/17/2004 11:09:57 PM
  - And how about the whole space probe? - LJK - 9/17/2004 11:21:01 PM
- The effect of entry angle on Venusian atmospheric entry - Gary - 9/17/2004 3:16:43 AM
  - But Venus's atmospheric contents were a virtual unknown in 1966 - LJK - 9/18/2004 1:17:45 PM
    - Supercritical carbon dioxide - Gary - 9/18/2004 10:07:41 PM
  - How did you get those numbers? - Adam - 9/17/2004 12:25:07 PM
    - It's what I do for living. - Gary - 9/17/2004 3:45:33 PM
- re: Venera-3 - Raoul - 9/16/2004 7:27:26 PM
  - The NSSDC has little useful engineering data. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/16/2004 7:52:38 PM
    - You wouldn't use asbestos or tungsten for spacecraft heatshield - Gary - 9/17/2004 3:35:58 AM
      - Thanks for the info, Gary. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/17/2004 5:41:21 PM

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