text: The author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth today." The author put this piece of information in to show that we should do more research to show that life once exsisted on Venus. This planet could hold forms of life ,but we don't have any research to prove it. Going to Venus, depite the dangers, would give us more evidence or materials to prove that Venus is even more or less similar to Earth, This would also help us understand our solar system more as a whole.