text: The technology used to find more information about Venus sparks interest inside the author. The author includes this information to express the importance of technology to enable the search for information. As stated in paragraph six the author includes researchers by saying,"Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." The word "meaningfully" and "our knowledge" expresses how the author wants to contribute and spread information on the topic of Venus.