Oh, yeah - Venus is a rough one. Too much pressure for much to live there at all, not to mention the wild temperatures. You'd think a "sister planet" would be more like Earth, but it's about the polar opposite.

[And there he goes, rambling. He'd probably keep talking about space for hours if allowed to.]

Hah, thanks. It really, really was.

But hey moving on...]

Depends on who you ask. Most exploration teams I know think it's peaceful - incredible. Love being out there seeing something that goes on forever... And other people hate it. Too big, too dark.