text: Throughout the story the author does list at least one benefit to exploring Venus. In the story he writes, " it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Yes i can agree that would be a great reason to explore Venus, but here are the downsides to that. Venus now is not like Earth, it is more like a destroyed Earth. The author writes " on the planets surface tempatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit." You cant even walk on the surface without burning up, how is this like Earth? The author also mentions," Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans." All those oceans that may have been their are gone now. Why would we explore a destroyed Earth?