Why do some scinetistswonder why Venus isn’t like the Earth even though its so much nearer the sun. There was a whole

Question: Why do some scinetistswonder why Venus isn't like the Earth even though its so much nearer the sun. There was a whole documentry talking about Venus and the Earth and why they aren't the same.
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Asked by maia to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 29 Jun 2012.
- Tim Stephens answered on 29 Jun 2012:
  
  Venus is closer to the sun than the earth, so it’s surface is much hotter. Earth is special because the surface is just the right temperature to have liquid water, because Venus is hotter, any water that was there evaporated and went into space so there probably isn’t any life there.
- Tom Lister answered on 30 Jun 2012:
  
  We have to ask questions of things, and I think this would be an interesting one to think about. So why isn’t our moon like earth, it’s about the same distance from the sun?

Question: Why do some scinetistswonder why Venus isn't like the Earth even though its so much nearer the sun. There was a whole documentry talking about Venus and the Earth and why they aren't the same.