http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

Do'oh! not true... Not this year anyway. haha saw it 2 years ago and wasn't that spactacular, really
kablam Reviewed by kablam on . mars..... Just a note ..... The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, Rating: 5