text: The author believes that Venus is special because , it's basically the "twin" of earth, which means they might have had life on the surface. According to paragraph 4 it states "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth."(TCOEV), Which fueled the minds of the scientists , because they just wanna know what was on the surface of venus. But, with a goal there is also road bumps, one of them is the fact that venus enviorment is crucial. According to paragraph 3 it states venus has a "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus ... temperatures average over 800 degress...liquefy many metals."(TCOEV), which is extremely dangerous. But later in the article they stated "venus have value...expandes to meet very edges of imagination and innovation" which show that they can gain knowledge in later visits, and advance their technolgy.