OK. Thank you. However, these particular "kooks" are "kooks" that continually make predictions before the fact that prove true when the evidence comes in... including predictions on the nature of comets composition made prior to the destructive testing of Deep impact whose results surprised its designers but did not surprise these "kooks".
Look at the picture above, Cogitator. Just exactly what are those spherical round objects littering the Martian landscape? How do they fit into Areology or Geology? NASA calls them "Blueberries" because of their bluish-gray coloring and round shape. NASA says they are a form of hematite. They literally are everywhere on Mars. These "kooks" have been able to duplicate the blueberries here on Earth in the lab using electrical discharge (humungous bolts of lightning). No one else has a viable theory of how they were created.
I suggest you look at their arguments and their evidence before you label them "kooks" and dismiss them out-of-hand. The test of any theory is how predictive it can be... and these guys are building quite a track record.
I don't have time to go over roads that have been paved before. It was amusing to me to find out that this group is still active. My opinion is based on past experience.
Whether or not they make supposed "predictions" does not influence the fact that their core theories are pseudo-scientific. My "kook alert" was based on my awareness that this group is operating in a different orbit than science. I felt it necessary to point that out. Readers can research the claims and counter-arguments at their pleasure.