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The purpose of this passage is to convince the reader into why we should visit and learn about Venus. The author did a very good job of explaining the reasons on why Venus is the closest planet to Earth , however he did leave out a few important ideas. The author failed to mention cost, reason, and a plan to actually get to Venus. A trip to Venus has a lot of reprecussions that the author didn't explain.

The author failed to bring up cost on why we should explore Venus. He did so purposely because the astrinomical cost of making a trip to Venus is far greater than our need of another planet. The obstacles scientists and astronauts have to overcome sound very expensive. In the text it states that Venus's average surface temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and that atmospheric pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These 2 obstacles, around a 700 degree temperature increase and 90 times greater pressure than on Earth would require a lot of funds to overcome these problems.

The author talked about how Venus compares to Earth but never addressed why there is a need to compare the two planets. He did mention that Venus is Earth's twin and Venus could have provided life in the past, but he didn't talk about why we should be so concerned with Venus. According to the text efforts to travel to Venus were made, but never came close to working. The text states that no spacecraft successfully landed on Venus for more than a few hours. If we tried to travel to Venus and it didn't come close to working, why continue with this mission that seems impossible.

In the passage, the author talked about Venus and compared it to Earth. He talked about a few ways we have tried to explore Venus, but they didn't seem to work. He never talked about a possible plan to either live through the harsh conditions, or get rid of them. The text states that the author thinks that insight to another planet will benefit humans even though we have a .1% chance to live there. The author still wants to make a trip to Venus even though the dangers strongly outweigh the benefits.

Based on the information in the passage, I do not think we should even consider going to Venus. The immense cost, the lack of reasoning, and the failure of a plan in place leads to my conclusion that Venus is not a planet for us to worry about. The author is dreaming too big for reality, and leaving out crucial answers needed for a journey of this magnitude. The author backed up his points very well, but left out the main points of this discussion.

Score: 5