[meteorite-list] Russia Planning Double Assault on Mars

[Ron Baalke]

> >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