Martian Moons eXploration launching today to land on Phobos and return samples
nextspaceflight.com
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is the ability to more easily return samples from Phobos vs Mars because it's a moon with much less gravity?
that seems logical, clever actually they are doing that alternative
but Mars and its moon likely very different composition?
> but Mars and its moon likely very different composition?
I guess it's related to the origin of them. I had too look the details, it's controversial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars
Buzz Aldrin was excited for a closer examination of Phobos and its 279ft x 300ft monolithic feature
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIXvpjnRws - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith
Return to Earth targeted for 2031 https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/