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NASA said the appearance of the rock was straightforward - perhaps nearby impact sent the rock toward the rover, or, most likely, Opportunity knocked the rock from the ground and no one noticed until later.
NASA's claims don't wash with self-described scientist and author Rhawn Joseph.
He has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court Northern District of California claiming the white rock was a living thing and is seeking an order forcing NASA and its Administrator, Charles Boulden, to investigate the rock more diligently.
Joseph, who is aligned with the online Journal of Cosmology, seeks NASA to "perform a public, scientific, and statutory duty which is to closely photograph and thoroughly scientifically examine and investigate a putative biological organism."
Joseph does not believe it to be a rock.
"The refusal to take close up photos from various angles, the refusal to take microscopicimages of the specimen, the refusal to release high resolution photos, is inexplicable, recklessly negligent, and bizarre," the lawsuit alleged.
"When examined by Petitioner the same structure in miniature was clearly visible upon magnification and appears to have just germinated from spores."
The "rock," according to the lawsuit, was there the whole time, it just grew until it became visible.
(LOL look at the idiots thinking that we are on Mars, our public are such brainless idiots. )
"The refusal to take close up photos from various angles, the refusal to take microscopicimages of the specimen, the refusal to release high resolution photos, is inexplicable, recklessly negligent, and bizarre," the lawsuit alleged.
AutumnWitch657
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
Blending in??? You obviously haven't seen the tattooed ear gaged teens around here. They are not blending. They want to stand out not blend in.
I saw the same illusion at first glance, but then I took a closer look. What I thought was the bottom edge of the rock outline is still visible in the right image, so it doesn't really line up.
Aliensun
the supposedly first image shows (to me) traces of wind-blown debris exactly where it would have gathered around the bottom edge as the rock rested upon the base rock.
Aliensun
reply to post by daaskapital
To ask NASA to do honest scientific work with existing equipment on Mars is like asking the US government to use its various state-of-the-art equipment to finally prove the existence of UFOs buzzing around here.
At one time in history, scientific discovery was directly involved in improving the lives of the masses. The advancements were along the line of very immediately improving the lives of those that supported it and need and used it daily. It was a noble endeavor with definite, "shovel-ready" results.
These days, Science has become a tool of oppression and a wedge between itself with its controller the government on the top side and those paying the bills in one form or another on the down side. All too frequently, we learn of physical ways to control the rowdy rather than hand us down a new manna from heaven.
But principally these days, Science is divorced from the daily, practical lives of the people except as a propaganda tool used in a thousand open and insidious ways to guide cultures and societies toward a goal that government seeks. That is not always a bad aim, but the question must be asked, "Who put you (the government) in charge?" We didn't. we vote for the people, but the policy rules and operations are usually already in place, humming along as then enfold the newly elected and continue.
My particular corner of this bitch (figuratively or literally) is that as a UFO abductee of many decades ago, I know that most of what we get as news and major developments about life anywhere from scientific investigations today are filtered through a fine screen to allow only the most appropriate information and data to seep through. The proof of that is, of course, is that there never has been and never will be a through and honest science-to-the-max investigation of the UFO phenomena. (They did all that was necessary back before most of your grandparents were born.)
This situation doesn't start and end with whether ETs are swarming to our planet or not, it starts with a conspiracy of giant proportions that if it did not drive the causes of WWII, it certainly drove the Cold War, the so-called Space Race which has merged with others to be a joint exercise to bring the true state (more or less) of the cosmos to the average citizen. But it is far more than that simple educational problem. Part and parcel to that awareness is the absolute changes being forced upon the citizenry of the world by the major controlling governments. Frankly stated, science as it exists today in the world is not your friend, it is the tool of your enslavers. An enormous lie that they assume must be sold to you because you cannot handle the simple truth nor could you be expected to allow them to remain in power once that truth was known.
They like nothing better than us to quibble over UFOs, life on Mars, etc. because it feeds directly into what they have up their sleeves far beyond making simple a declaration that, "Yes, other life is out there and is here.
NASA's claims don't wash with self-described scientist and author Rhawn Joseph.
"The refusal to take close up photos from various angles, the refusal to take microscopicimages of the specimen, the refusal to release high resolution photos, is inexplicable, recklessly negligent, and bizarre," the lawsuit alleged.
On Sol 3548 (Jan. 16, 2014), Opportunity repositioned the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on Pinnacle Island for an overnight integration, documenting the placement with a Microscopic Imager (MI) finder frame. On Sol 3551 (Jan. 19, 2014), the rover again repositioned the APXS on Pinnacle Island for a multi-sol integration, documenting the new placement with a Microscopic Image finder frame and front Hazards Avoidance Camera (Hazcam) images.