Pat has not expressed any interest in Venus. He likes the gas giants.
Nertz - there goes Vlad up the stairs again!
I think he's headed for disappointment. The Gas Giants are pretty, and impressive, but it's hard to get utility out of them.
They could be mined for gases, and there is talk of making Jupiter into a second sun, should that become necessary, but otherwise, the gravity holes make them rather unaccessible.
Maybe we can figure out a better way of using the slingshot effect.