I think the author is being very UN biased about whether or not we should go to Venus. It can be ridiculously dangerous and will kill anyone that steps foot on Venus. They talk about how Venus is hotter than Mercury which is the planet closest to the sun. Venus is hotter because of the pressure and density that the atmosphere carries.

Also, the fact that the pressure is so bad that if you but a submerge on Venus it would instantly liquefy as if it was nothing. That makes a great deal when trying to get there. I'd OTN doubt that anyone is not finding out the mos that they can when going to Venus but I didn't really think it would be a great idea sense there isn't much chance of survival. Going to Mars sound my reliable to me. The idea of hovering over Venus would make much more sense due to anyone who steps foot on Venus would most likely die. But there must be tons of risks to even just hovering over the planet.

I do believe that we should study Venus but i don't think we should do it at the expensive of peoples lives. Maybe we could invent a high-tech rove rot explore the outside of Venus. People dying probably wouldn't help anything. Studying it from affair is the best way for things to go without people dying.