Rate the following essay on its writing, argument, and language skills:
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author makes an argument on why venus is worthy of exploration despite the dangerous conditions. The author gives the two main reasons of, intellectual pursuit, and long term space travel.

From the begining of the article the author introduces Venus, and then also includes its inhostile conditions. The author then correlates this to earth by the similarities of the two planets, and states venus most likley was once like earth. So in the name of the facination and the pure intellectual pursuit of the once earth-like planet now inhostile planet, the author pertains this a worthy cause.

The authors second reason is long-term space travel. The author explains the need for a close planetary station as a must for long-term travel. Shown in this qoute from the article, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial concideration given the long time frames of space travel."

In conclusion of the authors argument, they make valid points for the exploration of Venus. Though as the article doesnt give much presidence to this aspect it leaves other valid claims out and could be strengthened in this area if that was the aim of the author.

Score: 3