text: Not using cars would be a huge problem solver to most of us. It will help with air pollution. It will help with finacial problems by not having to worry about car payments or money for gas. Lastly it will help wiith the stress in people's lives and lower it.             In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks, not only about the risks and dangers of trying to study Venus from up-close, but also the benefits and the knowledge we'd obtain by succeeding. With dangers like eight-hundred degree weather, atmospheric pressure ninety times greater than ours, sulfuric acid in the atmosphere,etc., the mission almost seems impossible. While our author does give us the cons of this mission, he/she also gives us the pros. The author gives us supporting ideas by telling the reader on why scientists are so fascinated in Venus. The mission seems dangerous, but scientists and astronomers want to study the planet because it's known as Earth's "twin" and because they believe that long ago, the planet once might have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.