On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:57:42 -0400, Sam
wrote:

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:30:27 -0700, Hagar wrote:

"Sam" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:55:51 -0700, Hagar wrote:

"Quaalude" wrote in message
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"OK, let¡¦s begin with the big one: what the hell is Iapetus!?
Actually, it¡¦s easier to begin with what it¡¦s not: apparently, a
natural untouched moon ¡K."

"An entire spaceship world ¡K trapped in orbit ¡K around Saturn...

"An irregularly shaped, Iapetus-sized body is something quite unusual
in the solar system"

"Now that we have identified several striking areas on Iapetus -- each
exhibiting large-scale, unquestionably geometric surface features,
which, together, present a highly provocative case for intelligent
construction"

"The remains of a deep, massive ¡§equatorial reinforcing ring¡¨ -- which
was used to literally join the two hemispheres of this ¡§artificial
moon¡¨ together!

http://www.enterprisemission.com/moon3.htm

I should have known ... this is vintage Hoaxland.

Care to elaborate or shall we simply accept that this was a hit 'n run
troll

You can do with it whatever you want ...

Thank you!

Hoaxland is the same dude who also still clings to the "Face on
Mars" phenomena, complete with all the mathematical coincidences
and pyramids of Cydonia, which has long since de-bunked by close-up
satellite photos.

Cite, please.

He was wrong then, which pretty much assures that he's wrong now.
He does know how to spin a grand tale and sell subject related books
to the true, albeit witless, believers.

Let me proffer that witless is closely aligned with a lack of evidence
supplanted only with an author's opinion. ;0)

Mr. Hoagland otoh uses NASA and NASA related imagery, quotes dozens of
sources for corroboration and enjoys an academic and professional
background which has been on public display for over 20 years.

I find it best, when confronted with a question such as Quaalude's
"Artificial Moon, Iapetus And George Lucas' Star Wars??" to take time
to read the material, search for corroboration or dissent and weight
accordingly. Followed by carefully controlled release of the acquired
data.

Think fine dining instead of drive by fast food.

Not that Hägar and I are often in agreement, however you can take it
from someone who thought so much of Hoagland at one time to have
bought some of those nifty postage stamps...

http://ebooksgolden.com/stamps.htm

that the more skeptical among us take the stand that Hoagland is on
about the same level as Velikovsky. Sure, it's okay to have an open
mind about it all, however it's also well to remember that...

An open mind is quite frequently closed to opposing ideas.
Paine Ellsworth

Hubris can be a powerful thing; humanity sees faces and manmade-like
images in clouds (on two occasions I looked up toward sunset and saw
cloud formations that strikingly resembled huge wagonwheels complete
with spokes and hub), we see rocks that appear to form faces and large
arrowheads, and we sometimes even see religious forms in the warpings
of windows on large buildings...

http://www.realpix.com/vmsite.html

If one is well-traveled, one may have seen all sorts of unusual things
such as buildings built out of solid rock during eras when humanity
had not the tools to do such things, and witch doctors in Africa that
could do things that would make your eyes pop!

Still it seems the best thing to remain skeptical about things like
the face on Mars and NASA images of Iapetus, as well as the hexagram
that surrounds Saturn's North pole...


http://news.discovery.com/space/satu...ry-solved.html
Rather than to fight about such things, it seems much better to keep
our imaginations at work searching for ways to unveil the secrets of
Nature, which to me is always the job of science.

--
Indelibly yours,
Paine
http://astronomy.painellsworth.net/