On: JPL's Design for a Clockwork Rover to Explore Venus

[etaioinshrdlu]

I wonder if nano-relay logic based processors could handle the high heat better.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/mems-switche...

[saundby → etaioinshrdlu]

Not with present processes and materials. And thermal effects on any materials would mean you're going to need a development program with a very limited user base at the end. Still, it'd be a fun program to work on if you can get someone to fund it.