Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." That's a lot to take in but the author makes it easy for us to understand the idea by comparing it to "Jet airplanes traveling higher to fly over many storms."

The author wraps it up by saying "Venus has value." He doesn't go deep into the what "value's" exploring Venus could have.