Review of Dark Mission
Ever since I found out about Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara’s book; Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA, I’ve been debating with myself as to whether or not I would get a copy for myself and read it.
I found the description on the back of the book and the subject matter intriguing enough but I have this love/hate relationship with conspiracy type books, even though I own stacks of them. On the one hand I was intrigued and thought that perhaps I might find out something I haven’t read before. And on the other hand, I was a bit on the reluctant, skeptical reader even, side of things.
The Book Description (As published on the book):
For most Americans, the word NASA suggests a squeaky-clean image of technological infallibility.
Yet the truth is that NASA was born in a lie, and has concealed the truths about its occult origins. Dark Mission documents this seemingly wild assertion.
Why is the Bush administration intent on returning to the moon as quickly as possible? What are the reasons for the current “space race” with China, Russia, even India? Remarkable images reproduced within this book provided to author Richard C. Hoagland by disaffected NASA employees provide clues why, including information about suppressed lunar discoveries.
Mystical organizations quietly dominate NASA, carrying out their own secret agendas behind the scenes. This is the story of men at the very fringes of rational thought and conventional wisdom, operating at the highest levels of our country. Their policies are far more aligned with ancient religions and secret mystery schools than the facade of rational science NASA has successfully promoted to the world for almost fifty years.
Dark Mission is proof of the secret history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the astonishing, seminal discoveries it has repeatedly suppressed for decades.
Richard C. Hoagland is the former science advisor to CBS News, author of The Monuments of Mars, and a frequent guest on the popular radio programs Coast To Coast and The Art Bell Show. Mike Bara is a consulting engineer for Boeing aircraft. This is his first book.
My Personal Thoughts & Observations about Dark Mission:
Those are pretty fantastic claims and connections outlined in that summary – which the authors go into great detail. And for the most part I actually didn’t have a problem with it. The histories of a lot of government organizations are highly fascinating. And the history of NASA in particular has always held an interest with me. It pretty much jived with everything else I’ve read about them.
However, the summary is kind of just the tip of the iceberg because what you don’t really get a sense of is that in particular the various missions to the moon and the Mars missions are gone into in great depth; although it does allude to them.
As much as I found the history of NASA fascinating it is the specific missions and the ideas or theories that the authors have about exploration of Mars and the Moon that I found even more fascinating. I’ve heard of some of the things they were talking about but never in so much depth and detail. Frankly it was both mind boggling and mind blowing. And at times it even gave me a slight sense of unease.
Some of the theories in this book I found highly plausible and even probable due to the cases they laid out in addition to previous research on the topics. Other aspects of it I still have a bit a trouble with and some I don’t agree with. But I find many of the ideas and theories to be worth looking into further before rendering my final personal judgment (for lack of a better phrase). One thing’s for sure, Dark Mission provided plenty of things to consider and mull over; highly recommended if you have the slightest interest in NASA, space exploration and extraterrestrial artifacts.
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