S T O P ! ! !

I am guessing most of you have either heard about this "spectacular event" or received it in your email.

Pure BULLSHIT!

I am sorry, but come on? Is like what the hell these people going to come up with next. Ok...  yeah yeah they got part of the truth almost right. We talking August 27th 2003, not 2007. The information is so outdated.

Check this link for the real event! Yes it may have been spectacular, but trust me, you would've need a damn good telescope for it to be the size of a fullmoon!...

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html

Very similar data huh... but note the date!

and I quote:

"At the close approach, the Red Planet will be brighter than Jupiter and all the stars in the night sky, outshone only by Venus and the Moon."

How many of us know what "star" is Venus anyway or Jupiter for that matter?!!!

Here is some fact according to NASA...

"Earth and Mars converged for a close encounter in 2005 on October 30th at 0319 Universal Time. Distance: 69 million kilometers. To the unaided eye, Mars will look like a bright red star, a pinprick of light, certainly not as wide as the full Moon."

Disappointed? Don't be!

"If Mars did come close enough to rival the Moon, its gravity would alter Earth's orbit and raise terrible tides."