Subject: A Telescope On Phobos?
From: Daniel Adamo <[email-masked]>
To: "ATIG (L-Z)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:13:22 -0700

ATIG Members-

Attached is my report on a recent ASCENDx webinar advocating emplacement of a telescope on the inner Martian moon Phobos.  As many of you have heard me remark ad nauseam, there are only two detectable moons orbiting Mars.  Why then do Mars exploration concepts consistently choose the wrong one?  If the Phobos telescope concept wasn't further flawed by using it as rationale for this moon as a waypoint supporting Mars surface logistics, I could have laid claim to yet another consideration favoring Deimos over Phobos in this report.  Enjoy, and let me know your take on Phobos versus Deimos.

-Dan