Phobos could be next target for manned mission

This will be very intersting to see whats next, Thanks for the link SW.

a station on Phobos will help allot for missions to mars but still the problem remains about the small window of oprotunitty that astronaughts have before they have to return to earth unless their willing to live on a moon for 2 years...

Doom, anyone?

And here I thought Phobos was currently in Orbit around earth!!

a station on Phobos will help allot for missions to mars but still the problem remains about the small window of oprotunitty that astronaughts have before they have to return to earth unless their willing to live on a moon for 2 years... That depends on what is driving their spaceship, and how fast. There are models and even some prototypes for spacecraft that might be able to get their directly in a matter of weeks to months. Using that one route (I can't remember what it is called) would save more on fuel and power, but be much more time-consuming.