Vyacheslav Nikonov, a Kremlin-loyal member of Russia’s lower house of parliament, has alleged that the U.S. space agency decided to time the announcement to distract the world’s attention from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to the United Nations on September 28.
"Putin's speech was certainly the central element of the UN General Assembly session," Nikonov was quoted by the state-run TASS news agency as saying on September 28."It is not surprising that the United States held a NASA news conference devoted to water found on Mars at the time when Putin was addressing the UN General Assembly.” .... http://www.rferl.org
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Ridley Scott: 'I knew there was water on Mars months ago'
Director of The Martian was shown photographs of water flows by Nasa ‘about two months ago’
On one level, The Martian may be functioning as a giant advertisement for Nasa, but the close collaboration between the space agency and Ridley Scott’s film-making team has resulted in the director remaining blasé aboutthe dramatic announcement of evidence of flowing water on Mars. “I knew that months ago,” he said in response to the news .... http://www.theguardian.com
