here's some aspirin, Chris
You'll need it after beating your head against these blockheads.
Please don't take their ravings as typical of the majority here - I think most people realize what is being done at the Mars Analogue stations, and how potentially valuable it is. (I volunteered for the Devon Island one last year but maybe I'm too old... or don't have enough degrees)
I hope you keep up your Mars Society and related posts... try to ignore the ignorant.