Shooting down space conspiracy theories

An idiotic book called Dark Mission (I won't dignify it by giving the author's name), has sold very well with its bizarre and provably false conspiracy theories about how, among other coverups and conspiracies, NASA faked the loss of three Mars probes to avoid disclosing information about the nonexistent "face on Mars." Here James Oberg dismantles the book while pointing out the damage such fiction can cause.