With Mars Express, the European Space Agency’s craft, also passing close to Phobos in 2011, all this interest in a previously obscure moon will lead to speculation about human missions there.

欧洲航天局的“火星快车号”（Mars Express）飞船也将于2011年在接近火卫一的轨道上飞过，上述航天活动都是围绕着这颗以前默默无闻的卫星而展开，反映了人类对它的兴趣，也必然会引起人们猜测人类登陆这颗星球的可能。

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