text: Not only does the author say it will meet the very edges of are imaginations he also says "Striving to meet the challenge presented by it will meet the very edges of are imaginationsenus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity. What the author means by this is he is showing that we are never not wondering. We will always be wanting to do something that will answer a question that we have. For example, "i wonder what this book is about". what you would do is read the book. Just like how we wonder what Venus is like. We want to land on it.