From Astrobiology Magazine
Oct 29, 2007:
If We Had No Moon
The Earth has a large moon, making it unique in the inner solar system. Mercury and Venus have no moons, and Mars has only two small asteroid-sized objects orbiting it. In this essay, the father of the SMART-1 lunar mission, Bernard Foing of the European Space Agency, looks at the effect the Moon has had on the Earth, and explores how different our world would be if we had no planetary companion. Would life have evolved differently, or even appeared on Earth without the Moon?
If We Had No Moon:
An essay by Bernard Foing
(click to read it)
http://www.astrobio.net/topic/exploration/moon-to-mars/if-we-had-no-moon/#sthash.IZ0jIWIT.dpuf
Phobos is not a moon! 8^)
http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2012/12/space-agency-phobos-is-artificial-2451408.html