The Power
of Dr. Michael Malin
Dr. Michael Malin, head of Malin Space
Science Systems (MSSS), is the private contractor who supplied and operated
the camera systems for the failed Mars Observer mission as well as the
Mars Global Surveyor that is presently imaging the planet. Much credit must be given to the MSSS team for the hugely successful MGS MOC misssion as well as the top notch web site, msss.com, where the many images are organized and from which can be downloaded.
But Dr. Malin’s disdain for the artificiality hypothesis and those who propose it is very evident in this World Wide Web page. He suggests researchers “deliberately induced
pixel errors” and that conclusions regarding the Face derive from “amateurs
using extremely poor image enhancement and publishing their results in
American tabloid magazines”. It’s really too bad that, as far as Mars research
is concerned, Malin is the most important man in the world. As Principle
Camera Operator, he alone decides what areas will be imaged and also enjoys
the right to an exclusive six-month preview of all images before they are
shown to the public (Hancock 1998). This contractual agreement between
NASA and its contractor is an issue McDaniel finds questionably legal and
ethical (McDaniel 1993). Before Malin, the contractor, NASA images have
historically been considered public domain and have been promptly released
to the public. Before Malin, the contractor, mission priorities and objectives
were determined through collaboration between mission project scientists
and independent panels. NASA’s contractual agreement with Malin sheds it
of any responsibility for its own research. Conspiracy theories abound,
but if there is no conspiracy, then how can it be good for one man to have
so much power, so much control over knowledge? As a result, Mars anomaly
research has been a frustrating process for those who appreciate the abundance
of evidence and the profound importance of such a potential discovery as
the possibility of ancient artifacts on Mars.
Michael Malin - Biography at MSSS
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