Apologia is defined as a form of practiced rhetoric used in self-defense and as the vindication of a person, course of action, etc… A CONTACTEE WHO DOUBTS THE ET HYPOTHESIS. Joseph Burkes MD 2014, updated 2026 Serious

In response to my posting on NASA’s plans for possible Mars missions, critical comments were made that the official space program was a waste of money and that there has been a US secret base on Mars for “over a decade.” I was described as not doing “my homework” presumably for not knowing about this base and that I should step down from my “pulpit.” I thought that the criticism might have some merit, not that there is a secret US base on Mars, but rather that many of my postings have a “prea...