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Richard Charles Hoagland (born April 25, 1945), is an American author, and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics. His writings claim that advanced civilizations exist or once existed on the Moon, Mars and on some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and that NASA and the United States government have conspired to keep these facts secret. He has advocated his ideas in two published books, videos, lectures, interviews, and press conferences.〔 Two press releases were issued by ''The Enterprise Mission'' website announcing the (30 October 2007 National Press Club new conference ), dated October 22, 2007 and October 30, 2007. Video excerpt: ("Richard C. Hoagland Press Conference - October 30, 2007" ). YouTube. Uploaded by user aparfrey on February 16, 2009.〕〔 Information concerning the National Press Club press conference held in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1996.〕 Hoagland has been described by James Oberg of ''The Space Review'', Phil Plait of Badastronomy.com, and Ralph Greenberg, a professor at Washington University, as a conspiracy theorist and fringe pseudoscientist. His book publisher describes him as "...a unique mixture of amateur scientist, genius inventor, scam artist, and performer, blending true, legitimate speculative science with his own extrapolations, tall tales, and inflations."〔 ==Background== According to Hoagland's ''curriculum vitae''〔 he was a Curator of Astronomy and Space Science at the Springfield Science Museum, 1964–1967, and Assistant Director at the Gengras Science Center〔The Children's Museum, formerly The Science Center of Connecticut, is home to the (Gengras Planetarium ).〕 in West Hartford, Connecticut, 1967–1968, and a Science Advisor to CBS News during the Apollo program, 1968–1971. In July 1968, Hoagland filed a copyright registration for a planetarium presentation and show script called ''The Grand Tour''. In 1969, he was contracted by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation to write a chapter about the Moon for a press book. The Grumman publication was intended to educate members of the media and government officials concerning the Apollo Lunar Module. A popular planetarium lecturer at the Springfield Science Museum, Hoagland produced a program called "Mars: Infinity to 1965" to coincide with the Mariners 3 and 4 missions. Charles Renaud produced〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Night of the Encounter ) Page includes a half-hour of excerpts from the 1965 WTIC radio program in the MP3 format.〕 a radio program for WTIC (AM) in Hartford, Connecticut, ''The Night of the Encounter'', which covered the July 14, 1965 Mariner 4 flyby of the planet Mars.〔The WTIC radio program, ''A Night of Encounter'' (submission title), was submitted by WTIC President Paul W. Morency as an entry for a Peabody Award, but it did not win. Contrary to what Hoagland states on his (biography page ), the program was not nominated for the award since there is no intermediate level of competition. All winners are chosen directly from the entire field of accepted entries. The entry form, along with an archival 7" 45 rpm gramophone audio recording of the program, are currently being held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia Libraries in Athens, Georgia. WTIC announcer Dick Bertel hosted the program and interviewed Hoagland. The program also featured a conversation between Hoagland and astronomer Dr. Robert S. Richardson, associate director of the Griffith Observatory.〕 Hoagland was interviewed for the program at the Springfield Science Museum by WTIC announcer Dick Bertel. In 1976, Hoagland, an avid ''Star Trek'' fan, initiated a letter-writing campaign that successfully persuaded President Gerald Ford to name the first Space Shuttle the ''Enterprise'', replacing the previously slated name for the prototype vehicle, ''Constitution''.〔 Report cites 〕〔In ("Why 'Enterprise?'" ), ''The Enterprise Mission'' credits the 1976 Space Shuttle letter-writing campaign as being "organized by Richard C. Hoagland and a small group of associates, including White House consultant, Jerome Glenn." Glenn is the co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project, a think tank. His (résumé ) posted on his organization's website mentions that he was "instrumental in naming the first Space Shuttle the Enterprise."〕 The ''Enterprise'' was rolled out for public display on September 17, 1976, Constitution Day. Hoagland authored the book ''The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever'' (published in 1987), and co-authored the book ''Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA'', which was ranked 21st on November 18, 2007 on The New York Times Best Seller list for paperback nonfiction. Richard Grossinger, the founder of North Atlantic Books, writes that ''Monuments'' became the most successful title published by North Atlantic, and that at its peak the book sold over 2000 copies per month.〔Grossinger, Richard 2010. (The North Atlantic Books List 2: Categories. ) March 11, 2010.〕 Grossinger also reports that Hoagland wrote much of the book while in Los Angeles county jail.〔 Hoagland runs ''The Enterprise Mission'' website, which he describes as "an independent NASA watchdog and research group, the Enterprise Mission, attempting to figure out how much of what NASA has found in the solar system over the past 50 years has actually been silently filed out of sight as classified material, and therefore totally unknown to the American people."〔; ''Ibid''., 2009, p. 57.〕 Hoagland appeared regularly as the "Science Advisor" for ''Coast to Coast AM'', a late-night radio talk show, until being replaced by Robert Zimmerman in July 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard C. Hoagland - Guests - Coast to Coast AM )〕 While Hoagland makes frequent reference to his receipt of the "International Angstrom Medal for Excellence in Science" in August 1993, the organization that awarded the medal, The Angstrom Foundation Aktiebolag, founded by Lars-Jonas Ångström, was not authorized by Uppsala University or the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to make use of the academy's Anders Jonas Ångström memorial medal. The academy has long authorized only Uppsala University to use their medal for the Ångström's Prize (''Ångströms premium''), awarded yearly by Uppsala professors to physics students. Mr. Ångström stated in May 2000 that although his award to Hoagland was a mistake, he acted with good faith and with good intentions.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard C. Hoagland: Biographical Information )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard C. Hoagland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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