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Making the Case for a Mission to the Martian Moon Phobos
universetoday.com ^
| October 1, 2014
| Tim Reyes on
Posted on 10/01/2014 2:01:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ask any space enthusiast, and almost anyone will say humankinds ultimate destination is Mars. But NASA is currently gearing up to go to an asteroid. While the space agency says its Asteroid Initiative will help in the eventual goal of putting people on Mars, what if instead of going to an asteroid, we went to Mars moon Phobos?
Three prominent planetary scientists have joined forces in a new paper in the Journal Planetary and Space Science to explain the case for a mission to the moons of Mars, particularly Phobos.
Phobos occupies a unique position physically, scientifically, and programmatically on the road to exploration of the solar system, say the scientists. In addition, the moons may possibly be a source of in situ resources that could support future human exploration in circum-Mars space or on the Martian surface. But a sample return mission first could provide details on the moons origins and makeup.
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From where did Phobos arise or arrive? The Inner or Outer Solar System? Is it dry or wet? Should we flyby or sample & return? Or should it be Boots or Bots? In the illustration, space probes (L-R) Phobos-Grunt 2, JPL/SAR, ARC PADME. Also, Stardusts return capsule, Phobos above Mars, the Solar Nebula and the MRO HiRISE photo of Phobos. (Photos: NASA, Illustration:T.Reyes)
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:01:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Spent a few years on Phobos. Nice place. Had a bit of a demonic problem though.
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:04:37 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: Crazieman
Glad you didn’t meet your Doom.
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:06:58 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: BenLurkin
I'm in!
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:11:55 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: BenLurkin
Would people who don’t support a mission to Phobos be considered Phobophobes?
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:22:00 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: BenLurkin
Make sure anything (anyone) we send isn’t Phobosphobic ....
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:23:07 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Manned Spaceflight Advocates want "Boots on the Ground")
To: Crazieman
I was hoping someone would point that out.
To: BenLurkin
Phobos would make a nice Phantom Zone for all the Obama-ites
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:28:22 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/01/2014 2:33:06 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Keittehs make everything a little better"- Catherine of Aragon)
To: Gefn
You won’t even need a rocket.
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posted on
10/01/2014 3:49:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: Crazieman
Nothing the BFG-9000 couldn’t handle though...
To: chajin
Would people who dont support a mission to Phobos be considered Phobophobes? I don't know, but the people who are seriously thinking about this are Ph00bs.
-PJ
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posted on
10/01/2014 4:14:03 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: chajin
And those who do would be Phobophiles!
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:41:05 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
And those who do would be Phobophiles!And when the two moons are colonized, one will be filled with Demo-crats and the other with Rephobians.
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posted on
10/01/2014 7:48:10 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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