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From: Mac Tonnies <macbot@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 22:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
Fwd Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 07:52:34 -0400
Subject: Tonnies: Cydonian Imperative: Where We Stand


The following is the most recent installment from my
website, accessible at:

http://www.geocities.com/macbot/imperative6.html.

--Mac

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6-25-00

Mars Missions and Extraterrestrial Artifacts: Where We
Stand

by Mac Tonnies

NASA's news that probable liquid water periodically flows in the
depths of Vallis Marineris has launched a flurry of excitement
in the science news media. This is, of course, exactly what
NASA's timed release was supposed to do. Still reeling from the
loss of two Mars-bound probes, NASA's "revelation" that liquid
water--and quite possibly extant life--exists on the Red Planet
has redeemed the space agency somewhat (i.e. "Well, at least
they're doing something right!") and, more to the point,
provided added justification for missions in the near future,
among them the costly and difficult Sample Return Mission.

Water on Mars is hardly "news" in the sense that NASA is
treating it. Of the agency's admission, the indirect evidence
the water announcement was based on came from images acquired by
the Mars Global Surveyor satellite in 1998. But evidence of
flowing water on Mars is far older, dating to Vincent DiPietro's
discovery of an apparent waterspout on Mars twenty years ago.
Why, one wonders, isn't NASA enthusiastically pointing to
DiPietro's discovery as collaboration for their "new" findings?

The answer seems to be that DiPietro is associated with that
most unsavory crowd that has dared to entertain the possibility
that certain features on Mars might be artificial. In fact, his
name provides the "D" in the now-famous "D&M Pyramid", a
perplexing five-sided structure located provocatively close to
the even more well-known "Face".

NASA has ignored other highly significant evidence provided by
planetary SETI researchers, despite the fact that doing so would
raise the evidential urgency of the Vallis Marineris find. In
1998, after photographing a portion of Cydonia including the
"Main City Pyramid", SPSR geologists quickly pointed out that at
least one crater in the region appeared to have a flat,
reflective base consistent with the presence of ice. Even
ultra-skeptical Malin Space Science Systems paid an unannounced
return visit to the Main City Pyramid later that year, taking a
remarkable high-resolution photo that confirms the probable
existence of ice in Cydonia.

It has been recently noted that the SPSR find, discussed
elsewhere on this site is actually more compelling than NASA's
hypothesized water flows in that it is much more accessible to
surface missions. (Anyone familiar with the research of Robert
Zubrin and his "Mars Direct" strategy will quickly understand
why: ice can be cheaply seperated into oxygen and hydrogen, both
of which are key fuel elements for Mars-based exploration.)

While NASA appears characteristically reticent to give credit to
independent researchers, the existence of ice and water on Mars,
regardless of location, is a stirring discovery. Meanwhile, an
additional discovery of a very different nature has been cause
for excitement among proponents of the Artificialty Hypothesis
(or "Cydonuts", in Internet lingo). Diligent sleuthing through
MSSS's mass of catalogued Mars imagery has resulted in the
following image of an unusual feature alternately known as "the
airplane", "the anchor" and more properly, "the T-shaped
formation".

[illustration]

[Caption: A lack of geological context prevents determining just
how strange this linear, symmetrical feature is. But independent
researchers are essentially unanimous that the T-shaped feature
deserves closer study.]

 From what can be seen, there appear to be no analogous features
that would favor a geological explanation (such as the "Inca
City" formation on the other side of the planet which, at first
take, appears engagingly artificial). This feature, like other
recent anomalies (see above), must await careful scrutiny.



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Mac Tonnies (macbot@yahoo.com)
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Independence, MO 64050
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Cydonian Imperative: http://www.geocities.com/macbot/cydonia.html