text: In the text the author says "Often referred to as Earth's "twin"" by saying these type of things the author is making Venus seem less scary. The author belives Venus is somewhere we shoudl explore, we should know more about it becaseu its the most earth like, its the closest, we could discover many new things, and it has many factors we should know more about. The author tells all the benefits of going to Venus. The author says "to understand Venus we would have to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of these as challenges." The author is very set on persuading us into beliveing that Venus is worth exploring. Exploring Venus would further are knowledge of space and how other things work, its worth the risks. We just have to be smart about it.