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Originally posted by Arken
This kind of statements by NASA are deceptive. Really DECEPTIVE.
Principal Investigator , Mark Robinson, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
I think if there is something there, then we might find it. I just don't believe that NASA would try to hide it. Quite the opposite, as it would mean the public's imagination and interest in the moon would be so fired up, that they would get all the funding they wanted to put people back on the moon, and then some.
Originally posted by qmantoo
I think if there is something there, then we might find it. I just don't believe that NASA would try to hide it. Quite the opposite, as it would mean the public's imagination and interest in the moon would be so fired up, that they would get all the funding they wanted to put people back on the moon, and then some.
Erik, I have heard this one many times - that NASA would get masses of funding from Congress if they managed to find some aliens somewhere, but you know, it does not make sense. They dont even LOOK for aliens because there are loads of white things found by Curiosity, loads of strange regular metallic shaped things, there is the famous fossil they ground away with the RAT. All of these things suggest to me that NASA dont want to find either life on other planets or to rock the science boat.
So, since it is your belief NASA want to find life and get massive extra funding, maybe you can post your thoughts on how they have demonstrated they actually want to find life out there? If you look at the evidence, they haven't at all.
If you want something to make you laugh, then I actually believe there is evidence for really small aliens on Mars and possibly other places too, and one day when I can get motivated, I will post the images that suggest this. :-)
Originally posted by qmantoo
Yes Erik, it is but fundementally it comes down to our beliefs - just like a religion, and there is more evidence for martians than there is for God. Look at how many millions believe in God without any proof - other than personal belief. Why should Martians be any different, except that there are images, scientific instruments, readings, etc This is what makes it different.
However, (and this is a BIG "however") the government has proved itself not trustworthy and probably if you asked all of the people in the first-world countries around the world, a majority would probably tell you they did not trust the government to have our interests at heart but would persue "what was best for us", whatever that is.
So, are you one of this supposed majority who believe the governments do not have our best interests at heart or aren't you?
I have been told by someone that the rovers are programmed to take pictures of movement and I can believe that. If you are looking for life, then movement on a planet such as this means life and you want to capture it on film. I have seen evidence of movement too - but it is obscured by the heavy compression algorithms they use and make the movement difficult to determine.
...and it would move to be captured in other pics
Originally posted by qmantoo
Really, when it all boils down to it, there is absolutely no excuse to modify images from Mars (example this link here where the parts at the left and right edge of the solar panel have different 'Y' shadow directions) and that is the main problem I can see with ALL space pictures from the different space agencies. Yes, my example is from NASA but they have their fingers in most space pies. If we got to see the unedited, then things would be so different. Up until then it is all just beliefs - yours and mine. Since we cannot go to space ourselves, and since we have some government 'modifications' to the data, we cannot trust the source in any shape or form.