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   From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
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   > What do you think of the feasibility of making Stickney into a   
   > telepresence hub and water/volatile mining facility? It would allow   
   > realtime control of rovers/dozers on Mars and extraction of fuel from   
   > Phobos. Water, H and O, other volatiles could be shipped from Phobos   
   > down to Mars   
      
   Phobos will probably be an invaluable source of fuel and water in Low Mars   
   Orbit, but I doubt if there'd be much market for shipping it down to the   
   surface of Mars, as there are volatiles already available there.   
      
   > and to the Earth-Moon system.   
      
   Maybe, but I strongly suspect that some NEO would be able to undersell you.   
   Phobos has a gravity field comparable to an asteroid, but remember that it   
   is embedded deep in a planetary gravity well.   
      
      
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