The PRIME science team has tentatively selected a specific and compelling feature on the surface of Phobos as the target landing site. Popularly known as the "Phobos Monolith", it is a building-sized object that appears to be a boulder exposed relatively recently in an otherwise desolate area of the asteroid-like moon. Scientists on the PRIME team are interested in such boulders as they might represent unique opportunities to examine actual samples of Phobos's bedrock up close. PRIME Deputy Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Hildebrand believes that the Phobos Monolith could hold the answers to the moon's composition and history. "If we can get to that object, we likely don’t need to go anywhere else," he advised the science team.
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Popularly known as the "Phobos Monolith", it is a building-sized object that appears to be a boulder exposed relatively recently in an otherwise desolate area of the asteroid-like moon. Scientists on the PRIME team are interested in such boulders....
Riddle me this, Orthodox Science Folks -- if it's CALLED "The Monolith," might there not be just the teensiest weensiest chance that it might be something OTHER than an (impossible-sounding) boulder??
I think it's feasible that the Monolith is an artifact. I wouldn't bet my life, but it's worth checking out ...
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