Rate the following essay on its writing, argument, and language skills:
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus " the author accurately shows

and supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers that come with it through the supporting details and facts he uses throughout the article .The author gets his point across and supports his main idea well.

For example , in the text when the author is explaining why astronomers are so fascinated by Venus in paragraph 4 the author states "astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system," this represnts how despite how dangerous it is to visit Venus it's worth it becasue they can study and examine a planet that has a lot of similarites to Earth to hopefully see if there is life on that planet and if anything happens to Earth we can examine Venus to find anwsers / possibly a new planet.

Secondly, another piece of text that is used is when the author is listing all the dangers that exsist in visting Venus in paragraph 3 "a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus ... on the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees .. pressure is 90 times what we experience here ,"

the author includes all the negatives to better understand why he still belives that despite all those negatives and dangers it still seems worth it to visit Venus because to the author the study of exploring Venus weighs out the dangers and what could go wrong.

Lastly, another piece of text that the author uses when supporting his main idea is that NASA is working on projects that will withstand such conditions and dangers for example in paragraph 7 the author states "some simplfied electronics made of silicon carbide have beem tested in a chamber and have lasted 3 weeks in such conditions " the author includes this to show that astronomers are well aware of the dangers but despite that they are coming up with new ideas and things to be able to go to Venus to explore but at the same time be safe because despite everything the study is worth it.

In conclusion , the authors supports his idea that i'ts worth it to explore Venus despite the dangerous conditions through his details in the article such as inlcuding the dangers , what is being made to not face thoes dangers and the positives of how studying Venus could benifit us.The author trys to accuately show and support his main idea through various details and supporting evidence.

Score: 4