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NASA DOES ABOUT-FACE ON IMAGING CYDONIA
Mars-watchers were pinching themselves recently on hearing that NASA had
done
an apparent 180 degree reversal concerning treatment of the controversial
Cydonia landform complex during the upcoming mission of the Mars Global
Observer.
Until recently, NASA maintained a posture of disdain toward suggestions
that
Cydonia might contain evidence of intelligent activity on the Red Planet
and
thus deserved priority in upcoming photo reconnaissance missions.
Since August 7, however, NASA has energetically defended research suggesting
that Mars might indeed have hosted life, at least in the remote past. Whether
or not that sentiment extends to a reassessment of Cydonia is unclear.
Regardless, according to statements published on October 16, NASA has now
pledged not only to rephotograph the famous "face" and "pyramids"
of Cydonia,
but will also post the images on the internet as fast as they can be
processed.
The Global Surveyor is to be launched November 6 from Cape Canaveral and
will
go into orbit around Mars on September 11, 1997. From its polar orbit, it
will have more than two dozen opportunities to image the Cydonia region
during its scheduled 687 mission.
In the words of NASA project scientist Arden Albee: "We think we have
done
all the things we can possibly do within the framework of this mission to
try
to address this question of the 'Face on Mars.' So we hope that we'll be
able
to satisfy the people who have been asking questions about this."
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