The author supports this idea in the passage with all of the evidence he has put in the passage. the author stated that studying venus is worth it despite the danger.

In the passage the author stated a lot of intresting facts and statments about NASA and venus. This passage held a lot of information about venus such as "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amature stargazer to spot. this was stated in paragraph 1

In the passage it is also stated that The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study veus. This is stated in paragraph 5 not only does it state plenty of information about venus and NASA it also stated how going and exploring venus would be worth it in paragraph 6 it is stated that "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmasphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.

On top of it stating the facts about NASA and Venus it stated that not only do you have to go in a space ship to see Venus but you have to physically be on the planet to see its full scale potential because as it stated in paragrpah 6 most forms of light cannot penetrate the atmaspghere and most photography is innefective. so you have to be physically be standing on the planet to see all of it fully.