text: Mars interest some people; but, people cannot just visit Venus because of the conditions. Although Venus is the closest planet to being earth like the author talks about in "The challenge of Exploring Venus" "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and icludes features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." (para 4). Which is very Earth like as we have those featues at multiple places on Earth. Astonomers are interestred in Venus as the author says "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus it may well once have been the Earth-like planet in our solar system." (para 4). As they are interested in making technology for exploration of Venus.