The author studying is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents from the article because he or she is using context clues to tell what Venus is like. Venus is called the "twin" planet to Earth because it is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size.(paragraph 2)Venus goes around the sun in different speeds compared to Earth and the other planets. On paragraph 3, the author tells us a little bit about what Venus is like for example the atmospher is almost 97% carbon dioxide. On the planet's surface, the tempature averages 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospher pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiecne on Earth today. The author also tells us that "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun unlike Venus and earth and every other planet that revolves around the sun in our solar system.(paragraph 3) The author on paragraph 4 talks about what is living or on the planet Venus. For examplse, "the planet has surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." (paragraph 4) NASA has sent people into space and hase gone to Venus and to study the planet. Studying Venus does have dangers things that can go wrong but the travels we have should not be able to effect on how we study our planets today or in the future.