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.


James Oberg has an article in this month's issue of Astronomy Magazine
on the Russian Fobos Grunt mission.

I would be very pleased to see both Phobos missions come to pass.

Hop