text: In the text the author claims that venus could have been a earth-like planet of the solar system long ago reaserchers or scientists and astronomers are fascinated by venus and wanting to explore venus do to the fact that it seems there was human life in venus long ago, in paragraph four the author explains that "Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." this is and example of what scientists would like to explore about venus to discover or learn that it could be possible that venus was once earth before ours.