text: The author seems to show the dangers of space travel especially space travel to Venus. It seems to many people that we may never get a human near Venus. A spacecraft hasn't been able to survive a couple of hours into orbit, much less a manned spacecraft. The dangers of space may outweigh the dangers of staying on Earth. But any advancement of science will require risks, nothing can be achieved if there are no risks taken. Taking a chance and risking everything has to happen for the possibility of people living on Venus.