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On from the face on Mars

THE “face” on Mars seems to have disappeared, which must come as a great relief to NASA. In 1993 we reported that Mike Malin, principal investigator on NASA’s Mars Observer camera, complained that he was spending a quarter of his valuable time responding to conspiracy theorists. Publication of high-resolution photos of what turned out to be a very ordinary hill obviously helped free up his time. But where have those conspiracy theorists gone?

Onward and outward to Saturn’s moon Iapetus is where. Dez Barbara directs us to www.enterprisemission.com/moon1.htm, where one Richard Hoagland asks…

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