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Originally posted by Super Chubby
We all remember this photo don't we? The Photo captured by cassini of Phobos and a cylindrical ship. If I remember correctly.
Originally posted by spikey
reply to post by wmd_2008
A void = absence of something, in this case, absence of interior rock and material.
Less dense regions = regions within the material, that are composed of less dense and/or porous material.
Void does NOT equal porous material or honeycomb.
Void means exactly what many of us have been taught since early schooling...HOLES, EMPTY SPACES, ABSENCE OF MATERIAL!!!
For Christ's sake!
Some of you people are so hell bent on maintaining your critique, and bloody minded, you'll argue that black was blue.
I really, really hope that when we learn the truth, ALL of you naysayers will offer a full and PUBLIC apology to all the people who have been POSITIVE pioneers of the truth, as opposed to the majority of you arrogant naysayers, who are defenders of the current dogma.
It's really starting to grate..
One more time, for the overly thick or stubborn...void equals absence of material, NOT light porous material...OK?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by winston_jones
It is not fake. But it isn't a very important photograph.
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[edit on 7/14/2010 by Phage]
Originally posted by Exuberant1
reply to post by tristar
If we had a suicide astronaut corps alot of money could be saved.
I bet there are some highly skilled individuals who would go in for a mission with no guarantee of return, so long as their family is taken care of and whatnot.
*Of course, with robotics advancing at the once that they are; I may never get to see such astronauts.
Say, Have you heard of project M?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Arken
My goodness. Pardon me for responding to a post in your thread.
Why do you think Phobos "arrived" in the gravitational field of Mars?
It is more likely that it formed there. "Huge" voids? I thought the word used was "large". In any case, the analysis is consistent with Phobos being composed of loosely accreted material.
Happy now?
[edit on 7/14/2010 by Phage]
Both moons are tidally locked, always presenting the same face towards Mars. Since Phobos orbits Mars faster than the planet itself rotates, tidal forces are slowly but steadily decreasing its orbital radius. At some point in the future, when it approaches Mars closely enough (see Roche limit), Phobos will be broken up by these tidal forces.[11] Several strings of craters on the Martian surface, inclined further from the equator the older they are, suggest that there may have been other small moons that suffered the fate expected of Phobos, and also that the Martian crust as a whole shifted between these events.[12] Deimos, on the other hand, is far enough away that its orbit is being slowly boosted instead[13], as in the case of our own Moon.
Originally posted by ZuluChaka
reply to post by Arken
There is no way an object of this size is going to form hollow. Gravity would always bring the heavier mass to the core.
Originally posted by spacedonk
I interpret the findings as meaning that Phobos is not as dense as expected; for me that indicates a honeycomb type interior particularly in light of the assertion of the existence of large cavities. At this stage they are not saying it is hollow.
Originally posted by malcr
Anybody noticed the bleedin obvious? Compare the craters on Phobos with those on earth or the moon......hmmmm. Looks like Phobos surface is BENT from the collisions as if made of some malleable material like metal!
Originally posted by SlasherOfVeils
perhaps when mons olympus was still active it had such a violent eruption that it blew volcanic rock into space and solidified into the orbiting moon we know as phobos?
Just food for thought.