text: In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author shows a clear, all out passion torwards the study of the molten planet. While having passion is important so is having a valid reason as to why others should care but instead the closest to any sort of valid reason we get is "to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight gained on the planet itself, but also human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors,"(paragraph 8, The Challenege of Exploring Venus). Human curiosity is an amazing thing and it's an outstanding ability that we posses, not to mention some of the worlds greatests discoveries started of as just someone being curious about something but ultimately this exploration is proving to be incredibly expensive and without significant results. We have people dying everyday from things such as deseases or injuries and many of the reasources that are poured into finding out whatis on Venus, if there actually is anything at all, could be use more effectively for a different cause.