[dr_who_2]

The supposedly false-color pictures of Mars are not an issue. There is no conspiracy to fool people into thinking that Mars is colored red. If you are not satisfied with the colors you see in the pictures, get a good telescope and look at mars yourself.

As for NASA, they sent out plenty of probes to the moon during Apollo and have already sent probes to look for water. If they find some, wazoo, wazoo, but building a base on the moon is not going to make a trip to Mars less expensive. It's going to make it even more expensive and twice as pointless.