Martian Moons eXploration launching today to land on Phobos and return samples

is the ability to more easily return samples from Phobos vs Mars because it's a moon with much less gravity?

that seems logical, clever actually they are doing that alternative

but Mars and its moon likely very different composition?

> but Mars and its moon likely very different composition?

I guess it's related to the origin of them. I had too look the details, it's controversial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars

Buzz Aldrin was excited for a closer examination of Phobos and its 279ft x 300ft monolithic feature

Return to Earth targeted for 2031 https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/