Steampunk Mission to Venus

No man-made probe has ever survived for more than 2 hours on the surface of the planet Venus. Things there melt, as its surface tempature is a sweltering inferno teeming with corosive atmospheric gases and cosmic radiation. That is why nasa wants to go there. Because you kind of cant. New research on old science from two scientists at the Glenn Research Center in Ohio is out to change all that and send a robot to the Venusian surface that can survive there for at least several weeks.
By utilizing a device invented in 1816 called a Stirling Cooler, the scientist are working on a rover that uses the expansion and compression of gas in a piston to keep the electronic circuits cool. The Stirling Cooler was invented in 1816 by a Scottish clergyman named Robert Stirling, who had no intention of going to Venus at the time.
While NASA currently has not approved a mission to Venus, Im betting a rover that can survive its harsh surface can probably convince them to give him a ride.

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