text: Some might argue, "Well, NASA is just covering up life on Mars." and to that arguement, I say "Good job! You are so close to logic!" because while NASA could cover up the truth, they wouldn't do so. It would be good for business to discover some "sentient alien life" because the NASA budget would skyrocket! Everyone would want to know "What they look like? Do they have a language?" et cetera. Also, if they wanted to cover it up, no matter how much it would improve NASA, they have to release images publicly. If they managed to do some fancy photoshopping and release the images, there are people skilled enough to undo those photoshops and also, photoshopping leaves some computer traces around on an image, and there are plenty of free online sites that will spot those traces and show anyone where and how those touch-ups were made.