BaronOfStuff Posted November 12, 2015 No, not because some idiot is fooling around with inter-dimensional gateway travel, it's far less exciting than that. So sayeth the boffins at NASA at least after the discovery of 'stretch marks': Oh no the setting for KDITD will have to be changed at some point far into the future! "NASA and other agencies are looking at missions to Phobos as a steppingstone to human missions to Mars." Well you'd better hurry up, because it turns out we may actually have less than the 30 - 50 million years believed before Phobos would smash into Mars itself. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jaxxoon R Posted November 12, 2015 I thought this was already known for quite some time now. Then again, astronomy is like the one area of science I knew a decent amount as a kid and still do to this day. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tristan Posted November 12, 2015 I think the discovery here is what the stretch marks mean, rather than the fact that Phobos is breaking apart, which we knew anyway. But not announcing it as a discovery of the latter as well wouldn't get as many people interested I guess :P 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted November 12, 2015 I thought I read it was only 50 thousand years to that happening. But Phobos is being ripped apart by tidal forces anyway. So that will happen first. 0 Share this post Link to post
pritch Posted November 12, 2015 You do not want to be in the Toxin Refinery when this shit goes down. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted November 13, 2015 BaronOfStuff said:30 - 50 million years believed before Phobos would smash into Mars Another possibility is Phobos breaking apart to form a ring around Mars, which would be an interesting sight. 0 Share this post Link to post
raymoohawk Posted November 13, 2015 ovbiously it is the demounz that are doing this! 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted November 13, 2015 Only 30 - 50 million years? Can't wait to see this! 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted November 13, 2015 With Doom we will have to switch Deimos around with Phobos then, make out that hell managed to save a chunk of the crashing Phobos and send it to hell instead of that part of Deimos. 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted November 15, 2015 A scripted wad about Doomguy on the Phobos base as it breaks apart into pieces could make an interesting wad. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted November 15, 2015 Heh - replace Doomguy's weapons with an assortment of glue guns, then let's see how long he can hold things together. 0 Share this post Link to post