Sky and Tel actually has a story on their website about this "hoax" which traces back its original source. It makes for an interesting read, basically someone created this email in 2003 and said that Mars will appear the same size as the Moon when viewed through a telescope at 75x...blah, blah, blah!
Someone removed the reference to a scope and 2003 and it has been circulating ever since! Unfortunately, I don't have the link at hand...
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