It always makes me laugh when people ask an amateur astronomer whether they KNOW something as monumental as this going to happen....as if they somehow have INSIDE information that
we cant get from our everyday activities doing astronomy....
and then, when you say "thats a load of crap!" they ARGUE with you and say "NAH mate, I got an email from a friend - ITS TRUE" - the bunch of morons...
Oh, by the way, just in case it WAS TRUE after all, I have looked up in Stellarium the time and date in question just to see how BIG Mars is going to be AND where its going to be......pic attached
Cheers
Chris