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Fear and Panic in Mars

apod.nasa.gov — This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic.

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  • Aeroslin, on 04/14/2008, -12/+5A great picture!
  • maybeishould, on 04/14/2008, -4/+27Looks like it came out of the ground in Idaho.
    • dattaway, on 04/14/2008, -11/+3McDonald's is already lobbying for rights to turn this giant potato into years of french fries. MCD 55.38 -0.02 (-0.04%) Apr 14 10:34am ET
    • DrDragun, on 04/14/2008, -3/+15If we top this baby with Earth's moon we're getting into delicious cheesy potato territory here. Now we gotta direct some of NASA's budget to finding a bacon moon.
    • jlangfel, on 04/14/2008, -5/+2Can I get a shake with that?
  • marially, on 04/14/2008, -6/+12Imagine - a ring around Mars!!
    • iheartrendering, on 04/14/2008, -23/+4Imagine - a ***** ring around Mars!!
      • hawk0168, on 04/14/2008, -13/+5Imagine - a ring ***** around Mars!!
      • dissurmom, on 04/14/2008, -0/+7Imagine - You being fired at high velocity into Mars!!
    • alpha94, on 04/14/2008, -9/+7Yah, can't wait to see it in another 400,000 years!
    • counterplex, on 04/14/2008, -10/+1I prefer to call it a Halo O.o
  • hermet01, on 04/14/2008, -17/+0By the looks of the Mars moon, we're all doomed within the next 100 years or less.....lol.....
  • Ganja420, on 04/14/2008, -9/+4So this is Phobos..
    • bosssmiley, on 04/14/2008, -2/+6o/~
      ...And what have you done
      Another moon over
      Soon there'll be just one
      And so this is Phobos
      I hope you have fun
      Small orbiting moonlet
      Shaped like a bread bun o/~
  • hayzeus, on 04/14/2008, -20/+24That's no moon...
    ***** all of you -- somebody had to post it first.
    • lhbaker, on 04/14/2008, -4/+4Looks like that reference went over a few heads.
    • prisoner24601, on 04/14/2008, -1/+5"But will it blend?"

      Or better: "But will it eventually be shattered by tidal forces into tiny fragments?"
      • 1timeuser, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1"Or better: "But will it eventually be shattered by tidal forces into tiny fragments?""

        Ah, that one is a classic.
  • narc, on 04/14/2008, -12/+2*Nasty comment about APOD dugg every day*
  • macweirdo42, on 04/14/2008, -3/+17Of course, that's assuming Demons don't take it over, first.
    • DrDragun, on 04/14/2008, -2/+27Don't worry, I think I've seen a scenario like that before. All we gotta do is send in 1 space marine with a pistol, allow him to collect whatever weapons he finds along the way, and we'll be all set. Just make sure to air drop some health kits every 100 feet or so.
      • reddragon88, on 04/14/2008, -5/+1Doesn't the marine have to be a wrestler or something?
        • wootup, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Buried for referencing the movie instead of the game
      • Durrok, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4We have to send him just a few months before we can figure out how to mount a light on a gun as well.
        • mrinsanity, on 04/14/2008, -1/+7Duh we're talking about the ORIGINAL doom. Doom 3 was on Mars not Phobos. SHEESH! There was no capability for a flashlight in DOOM or DOOM 2. (Though there WERE light amplification goggles. You think if the marine in d3 would ever put his ***** helmet on, maybe it had some night vision or something.)

        • Tetraca, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Why would we need to do that? There is no lighting or shadows on Mars, and besides: He's such a good shot no matter if the enemy is five or ten feet above him, he's still going to be able to shoot him just by aiming straight.
    • RainForestCreek, on 04/14/2008, -4/+0Where is Bruce Willis when you need him?
  • BKred, on 04/14/2008, -3/+9I've always been fascinated by what tidal forces can do to a moon. Io is still volcanically active due mostly to it basically being constantly kneaded by Jupiter's gravity. Millennia from now we might even be able to harness it as an energy source.
    • maffiou, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3Isn't it technically already the case with tidal dams ?
  • vashth3stampede, on 04/14/2008, -7/+0face your fear and it disappears?
  • narcofiche, on 04/14/2008, -10/+3Instead of "Panic" they should have named it "Loathing."
  • jordan314, on 04/14/2008, -3/+42Doomed...to die 100 million years from now. If that's doomed, I want to be doomed too.
  • sickoo, on 04/14/2008, -21/+1The secret of AT&T's logo appeared :p (think before your downvotes guys)
  • nickcozy, on 04/14/2008, -13/+2Amazing.I wish earth had Moon like Phobos instead of moon.
  • bicyclethief, on 04/14/2008, -10/+2doomed DOOMED
  • illt, on 04/14/2008, -3/+9Make sure you're packing a rocket launcher and BFG before you land on it
  • Synchronicity, on 04/14/2008, -8/+13THAT'S ONE SPICY MEATBALL.
  • CCSprinter11, on 04/14/2008, -10/+4Is the title of this article supposed to sound like "Fear and panic in the air" from that Muse song, Map of the Problematique?
  • RobotMojo, on 04/14/2008, -7/+6Quaaaaiiiiid...
  • peterapokotos, on 04/26/2008, -7/+1Who are they trying to fool that is just a picture of a dirty nut with a black background. Or I think I see a space ship under all of that or it is just space ***** that came from the ISS.
  • ScaredOfTheMan, on 04/14/2008, -7/+2Ha Virgle pranksters looks like Mars got the last laugh on you! 100 million years baby... where is your mars colony now! eat it, eeeeaaaat it!!
  • captric, on 04/14/2008, -8/+4Blame it on climate change!
  • robg3u, on 04/14/2008, -3/+2Is the leather goddess available for comment?
  • DeskFlyer, on 04/14/2008, -1/+28Why do space-related threads always contain twice as many stupid comments as others?
    • mecharabbit, on 04/14/2008, -1/+5Space is infinitley vast, just like the jocular wit of the average digger.
    • Scynet, on 04/14/2008, -2/+6Because few here actually know a crap about space, at least not enough to make any kind of insightful comments. That would require people to *learn* something instead of just digging things...

    • ChocChunkOaties, on 04/14/2008, -4/+2*Space monkeys*
    • staffa, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2It might be subject bias, maybe the level of stupidity is equal among all subjects but you happen to know more about space and thus catch on to more of the stupid comments.

  • tvnation, on 04/14/2008, -7/+1muse ftw
    • Jektal, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Or the title is referring to the moons, as stated in the article...
  • misterteenwolf, on 04/14/2008, -6/+3i wonder what the monsters do when there are no marines around
  • greydonkey, on 04/14/2008, -4/+3That hit something hard, didn't it.
  • gooter, on 04/14/2008, -5/+0GAME OVER MAN!!
  • mrbroli, on 04/14/2008, -6/+1Phobos looks like when I put an entire pack of Now n' Laters in my mouth and mesh them together.
  • goodylallen, on 04/14/2008, -5/+2Get that moon an aspirin!
  • Jared85, on 04/14/2008, -6/+2At least they're not Fear & Loathing
  • hockeysmurf, on 04/14/2008, -7/+2Good headline dick
  • electricdragon, on 04/14/2008, -5/+4Why do these comments suck so bad?
  • silfiriel, on 04/14/2008, -3/+2Ok, I like this, but are we gonna digg every photo that appears on APOD?
    Just subscribe to the feed! I did.
  • ModX, on 04/14/2008, -2/+4I'll make sure I am not on Mars in 100 million years. Thanks for the heads up.
  • WRE3, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1I'd like to fire up the ol' MAKO and take a spin on Mars' moons! Might be some minerals I need and precious metals! (sorry, been playing way too much Mass Effect)
  • MJDub, on 04/14/2008, -4/+1That's no moon... oh wait.
  • flashingcurser, on 04/14/2008, -7/+1Is that like fear and loathing in Los Vegas?
  • xDynaBlade, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1Are we supposed to be concerned? Doomed kind of implies we should be.... but I'm not.
  • Rizzinator, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2looks like the Deathstar in a rocky, dusty disguise
  • Rileyluck7, on 04/14/2008, -4/+0i'd hit that
  • RainForestCreek, on 04/14/2008, -5/+0JFK had it wrong, screw "to the moon by the end of the decade", just wait for it to come to us!
  • ihavefish, on 04/14/2008, -2/+0Zing!
  • donkeySays, on 04/14/2008, -2/+2The cosmos is beautiful.
  • tragaini, on 04/14/2008, -3/+3Could be worst. Could be 'fear and panic' in Uranus!
  • sangokyu, on 04/14/2008, -4/+0"The moon is old, all dust and craters... fear and panic orbit Mars"
  • zmigliozzi, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Phobos crashing into Mars in 100million years ousts the global warming scare IMO.
  • cloak419, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1I wish we all didn't have to die :/...
  • orlandorays, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1The sky is falling!
  • eyeopener, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Reminds me of the Ron Paul Revolution - doomed to die in 100 million years.
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