text: throughout paragraphs five through seven, the author explains methods and tools we could use to better study the planet. the author mentions NASA's idea for sending humans to study the surface of the planet. ' A blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." (par. 5) and the use of mechanical computers in paragraph seven, "Simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested i a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." (par. 7) " Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers." (par. 7) Mechanical computers use gears and levers to make calculations instead of using electronics, maiking them more resistant th the pressure, heat and other forces of Venus's Surface