text: With this being said the author really doesn't give us a view on why we should explore Venus. By giving us possible outcomes such as building the mechanical computer and sending people to Venus. Those don't really help because they don't give us a better explanation to what will happen if we ddo become succesful with them.Learning would not occur if kids were told to do it themselves, whenever they wanted. The integration of online classes in school causes a detrimental decline in learning. The schedule and structure of school prepares students for college and their jobs after school. Students would not benefit from being able to attend classes from home because learning is most efficient in a classroom setting, social interactions are important, and more dropouts would occur due to online classes.