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post by Picollo30
is that a natural formation?
Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is scheduled to blastoff on November 9, 2011 from Baikonur Cosmodrome
The probe will reach Mars orbit in 2012 and eventually land on Phobos and return the first ever soil samples back to Earth in 2014
www.universetoday.com...
Russian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is set to launch to Mars on November 9, 2011
Phobos-Grunt will also have multiple cameras too .
IAS, in collaboration with LESIA, realised and delivered cameras and a visible microscope.
two panoramic cameras (located at the end of each arms of the probe),
two stereoscopic cameras,
one optical microscope (MicrOmega VIS).
Source
edit on 30-10-2011 by gortex because: Edit to add
Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
reply to post by gortex
another nov 9th thing to link to the other ?
I guess not, many people have talked about that.
Originally posted by Picollo30
Am i the only one to think that Phobos is anything but a natural moon?
When compared to Mars, it is small and irregularly shaped, but small celestial objects (like asteroids) are not spherical or regularly shaped.
I've seen pics of it and it is a small, irregularly shaped object that seems so out of context when compared to Mars.
Looking different doesn't automatically mean artificial. For something to look artificial it needs to show some attributes that do not exist in natural objects, so what do you see on Phobos that looks artificial?
It screams artificial to me and i think it deserves a proper exploration.
It doesn't look artificial, so I think it's natural.
Originally posted by Picollo30
what about the "Monolith"
is that a natural formation?
Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9
Roscosmos said that engineers have finished loading all the propellants into the Phobos-Grunt main propulsion module (cruise stage), Phobos lander and Earth return module at Facility 31 at Baikonur.
Originally posted by Imtor
What exactly is strange about satellites attracted by Mars that are the size of those in the asteroid belt, probably pushed near Mars also with some object that pushed or crashed into an asteroid belt object making its pieces go near Mars and thus Phobos and Deimos? ..