text: In this text the author covers many different facts about venus itself and how we can explore it. For example in paragraph 3 the author starts by giving us specific details to get a picture of venus in our head. The author did this by making the statement that, "Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide that blankets it. The author also compares Venus to other things we might know like the "evening star," or earths "twin." This helps the reader undertand that the author really wants to make a point that Venus isn't uncommon to most people. Jumping back to paragraph 4, the author tells us about Vesus's features and possibly its past features. They explained that Venus at one time probably was capable of supporting life because of signs of oceans and features still there like mountains, valleys and craters.