On 10 Feb, 13:08, William Elliot wrote:
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Alex Terrell wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6324923.stm

I suppose this will worry the case for Mars activists. If this goes
ahead, people might think Phobos is a more useful piece of real estate
than Mars.

It should worry Martians. How much longer until it falls?

A few million years. Plenty of time to turn it into orbiting colonies.