About this episode
Richard C. Hoagland examines the loss of Mars Climate Orbiter and questions whether the mission failure was accident or sabotage to prevent discovery of Mars anomalies. His analysis challenges the official explanation attributing the loss to metric conversion errors while exploring whether the spacecraft was deliberately destroyed. Hoagland discusses what Mars Climate Orbiter might have discovered and how its imaging capabilities threatened to reveal artificial structures or other evidence of past or present Martian civilization. The conversation covers NASA's pattern of Mars mission failures and whether statistical analysis suggests deliberate sabotage rather than the unlikely series of accidents and errors the agency claims. He examines who might sabotage Mars missions and what forces within or beyond NASA might want to prevent discoveries that would revolutionize understanding of Mars and human origins. Hoagland addresses the evidence for artificial structures on Mars including the Face and other Cydonia features that Mars Climate Orbiter might have imaged at higher resolution. His investigation reveals how Mars exploration has been systematically thwarted and how each mission failure prevents discoveries that could transform humanity's understanding of life in the cosmos. The discussion explores what Mars missions have already revealed despite apparent sabotage and how image analysis demonstrates that Mars harbors mysteries NASA refuses to properly investigate or acknowledge. Hoagland's presentation demonstrates how the loss of Mars Climate Orbiter fits a pattern suggesting that powerful forces are determined to prevent humanity from learning the truth about Mars.