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Dr. John Brandenburg: Confessions of a NASA Space Scientist

Earth Ancients

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The Brookings Institute Document on First Contact on Mars

"There's no life on Mars. Don't come to me with any stupid stories of that," NASA scientist says. "I don't think this is naturally coming from the scientists at the lower levels." The Brookings Institute document was requisitioned by NASA in 1960, and it said first contact would cause such an uproar that people would commit suicide., he adds.

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