Is Crashing Phobos and Deimos Into Mars for Terraforming Such a Bad Idea?
Terraforming Mars, or making it more Earth-like to support human colonization, has been a topic of serious scientific discussion and imaginative speculation for decades. One of the more radical proposals is to crash Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, into the planet to generate heat and release trapped gases, contributing to a warmer and potentially