Hmm.. I think I saw an early design for a charge-couple device that had an operating temperature of +400 or so, pretty big bug on Earth, kind of more a feature on Venus.
and yeah, heaters... so you can use the TIMMs on the way down by pre-warming them. Thus, no interruption of operation.
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Hell, you could use a liquid sodium flow battery!
Hmm.. I think I saw an early design for a charge-couple device that had an operating temperature of +400 or so, pretty big bug on Earth, kind of more a feature on Venus.
and yeah, heaters... so you can use the TIMMs on the way down by pre-warming them. Thus, no interruption of operation.