a Hoax: Planet Mars Visible?

My Mars expert friend, who works at NASA has informed me that this blog & email thread is a hoax … sorry guys :(

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/19/mars-as-big-as-the-moon-its-baaaaack/

rockuboff:

superdoofus-stratodrive:somethingmeaningful:lissak06:

*Two moons on 27 August 2008*
*27th August this year is the Whole World is waiting for……….*

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.

It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will
cultivate on August. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth.. Be
sure
to watch the sky on August. 27 12:30 am . It will look like the earth has 2
moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it
again.

Holy hell this will be awesome