[meteorite-list] Russia Planning Double Assault on Mars

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 24 17:21:13 2005
Message-ID: <200506242120.j5OLKSi04839_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

> >The first, in 2009, is a mission to orbit Mars and land on the tiny moon
> >Phobos, where a rover would roam for three years. There, it would
> >collect samples of soil to bring back to Earth - the first ever if
>
> Hope everything goes well. Neglecting the search for evidence of life, I'm more interested in a
> rover and return sample from an asteroid than I am with a differentiated object.

Phobos is suspected to be a captured asteroid in orbit around Mars.

Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 24 Jun 2005 05:20:28 PM PDT


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