text: How could this challenge and/or risk be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? "Often reffered to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Erath in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This supports the idea that not only is Venus a close planet to us in density and size, but is is close to us in distance too. Therefore, If we can't make it to Venus and it's one of the closest planets to us, how are we supposed to explore other places in the solar system in the near future? It is also important so that we could gain insight of the planet and see what Earth and Venus really have in common.