good grief Scip, there you go again. discrediting the experts, this chap works for the government and had 50 years experience.
what the hell do you want.
Experts who fail to use recognized science to arrive at conclusions deserve to be criticizesd and it shoudl be pointed out that other experts reject their claims and also pointed out when all they offer is speculation.
Even NASA can't blow up low photos from anothe rphoto to get the level of detail necessary to be able to match a tiny fleck of something against the mantle let alone to the exact shape of her nail varnish scratch.
There is good reason why the courts rejected his claims. People love to ignore that part and to keep spouting rejected claims.
The experts on the other side who say his methods are not scientifically valid should be rejected though the scientific literature is on their side?
It doesn't even take any expertise just common sense in the meantime to recognize the photos fail to show the underneath side of the mantle and thus can't possible be used to assess what was or was not under such side.