Review of websites

I looked first at the Enterprise Mission site, and I have to admit that it reminds me just a touch of the Flat Earth Society. This is something that smacks of fake science, yet it takes itself so seriously you have to wonder. How many people believe this? Why? How do they respond to the countless arguments against it? To begin with, the "face" has been clearly shown to be just another rock formation. I don't really blame them for noticing its resemblence to the human head; I sometimes see unicorns in clouds myself. But what gets me is that people latch onto that image, and that idea, and go so far as to believe that there were civilizations, intelligence, that built these things on Mars (and the moon, apparently). Of course, if it really was a face sculpture it follows that intelligent creatures made it, but here is a website that is all about the study of the monuments of ancient civilization, and the only evidence, the only suggestion of this theory they have is a rock that is vaguely face-shaped if you squint. When people want to believe something, they believe it, by heaven.
Mars Society was more interesting. Since they are so firm in the belief that a mission to Mars is the most important thing mankind can do right now (personally, I think we might want to pay more attention to the planet we're on) they do seem a bit over-zealous. I was interested to learn, though, that there is an annual International Mars Society convention held at respectable universities. Such a thing would be fascinating to participate in. Mars Society might not be as all-important as they think they are, but I do think that it will help us get there someday. Anyone who devotes their time, effort and passion to such an endeavor can and probably will have an impact.

P.S. I will mention, too, that if Enterprise is going to try to convince us of the merits of Hyperdimensional Physics, it ought to finish construction of its "Ship's Library," where all the information is supposed to be.