The author supports and gives us many details how it is really important to know facts about Venus despite the dangers of it. In paragraph 2 the author states that "not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for more than three decades",Numerous facts contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study,despite it's proximity to us". This lets us know that the author wants to know more facts about Venus and why Venus is the way it is no matter how dangerous it may be. In paragraph 4 the author says"Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" ,The author wants to know what is so fascinating about Venus and wants to staudy the rocks and particles that are on Venus and why so many people wanted to travel there. The surface of Venus has a rocky sediment and includes similar features such as mountains,and craters(paragraph 4).The author wants to gather machines to test things in Venus. Venu can not exceed Earth levels it is not easy for humas to survive but the author still wants to go to Venus for his dedication to learn more about that planet. Most of all the author supports his claim that Venus is worthy despite the dangers because he states that "Veus has value,not only because of the insight to be agined on the planet itself,but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"."Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts and should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"(paragraph 8). When the author stated that sentence it let us know that it doesn't matter what dangers their are as long as we put our mind to it anything will work ,follow your imagination and dreams no matter the dangers or consequences. The author let us know why it was so important for him to study Venus because the author was following his heart and he let us know that things shouldn't be stopped just because of the dangers of them.