Extreme Close-Up of Mars's Moon Phobos

coondoggie writes "The European Space Agency's Mars exploring satellite will make a number of close-up passes of the Martian moon Phobos. The Mars Express, which the agency launched in 2003, has begun a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars, that will ultimately set a new record for the closest pass to Phobos — skimming the surface at 50 km, or about 31 miles. This is only about 5 times the irregular moon's average radius. The data collected by the satellite could help solve some of the mysteries about the moon, beginning with that of its origin."

Not what I asked for.

[Anonymous Coward]

I wanted an extreme close-up of Phoebe Cates, dammit.

A little plain

[T Murphy]

It looks rather plain- for some reason I thought it would look a little scary or something. Not sure why.

Re:A little plain

[CorporateSuit]

Because we haven't built our base there yet. [doomworld.com]

Re:A little plain

[__aaclcg7560]

I think the leather goddesses [wikipedia.org] are camera shy.

Yes!

[Nai7]

W00t a rock!

Re:A little plain

[_Sprocket_]

I was going to make a similar comment. But alas, like said Goddesses, it is never to be.

Picture caption

[jms]

For sale: One Death Star. Full size. Somewhat lumpy. Amateur construction. Needs work.

Re:Picture caption

[RobertB-DC]

For sale: One Death Star. Full size. Somewhat lumpy. Amateur construction. Needs work.

That's just an early engineering prototype. The production model came out looking much better [nasa.gov].

Oblig.

[Freaky Spook]

IT's A TRAP!!!!!!

no no, wait, I got this..

That's no moon!!!

Re:"Hollow"?

[Anonymous Coward]

"For the World is Hollow and I Touched the Sky" Star Trek:OS

Maybe, there's a door camouflaged as a crater or something and there's some really hot priestess that worships a computer that's looking for a husband?

Re:Oblig.

[lul_wat]

Where did you dig up that old fossil?

Re:"Hollow"?

[khallow]

Hot priestess with computer? Plz send picture of computer.

You'll never sell with that description

[syousef]

For sale: One Death Star. Full size. Somewhat lumpy. Amateur construction. Needs work.

That'll never sell on Ebay!

Try this:
Act now! One Death Star. Full size. Special lumps making it even more terrifying. Created same time and in same process as other more expensive objects! Condition as new. Comes with 3 free gifts. Free shipping. Why pay more for larger when this does so well? Hurry! This won't last. Seller has A++++ rating.

Re:Not what I asked for.

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Here you go! [pgbeautygr...cience.com]