Hear me out, but we should get more satellites in Venus' orbit. We can plan missions, and develop better radars that penetrate Venus' thick atmosphere or get enough data points to understand Venusian weather. As we continue understanding our planet, Earth, we should consider releasing satellites to planets with an atmosphere.
In our quest for a future habitable planet, we can better detect and predict planets with atmospheres by learning the composition and foundations of different atmospheres and how they form. Understanding how atmospheres form and evolve is key to identifying potential second homes for humanity. As Venus is a close planet, we can learn many things from it to develop the necessary tools for missions beyond Neptune. Understanding our current solar system should be the priority, and our neighbor planets and celestial objects should be getting most of the funding. Missions for a Moon base or a base on Mars will also help as a checkpoint if needed for further missions beyond.
Reusable rockets are allowing teams to focus on developing better satellites. With Europe and Asian markets increasing their funding for space research and development, the United States should reignite NASA and incentivize larger private space-related corporations to develop space exploration technology. We seem to lack a leader who wants us to be successful in space.
Venus should be a strong starting ground to help keep us focused and develop technologies that impact us on Earth.