text: In the concluding paragraph, the author gives a couple of reasons and benefits of studying Venus, " Striving to meet the challenge presented by Benus has balue, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becuase human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." (par. 8) this means that we can not only learn about Venus itself but also prepare us for the problems that may be presented by either other planets, or even our own in the future.