Dr. Robert Zubrin talks Mars – SpacePod 2010.06.08
This video was created by Benjamin Higginbotham on June 8, 2010
At the 2010 International Space Development Conference we had a chance to catch up with Dr. Robert Zubrin and chat about Mars for a bit. His never-waning passion for putting human explorers on Mars is a bit infectious.
With the recent success of the SpaceX Falcon 9 maiden launch and hopefully soon a Falcon 9 Heavy launch, maybe Dr. Zubrin’s dreams of going to Mars within, well, some day are actually possible? It’s not the technology we lack, but rather the will to go. So lets get excited about moving past Low Earth Orbit and set our sites on a destination. While personally I don’t care if it is Mars, Enceladus, the Moon or some crazy asteroid there is something to be said about having a unified voice. Maybe it’s time that we as a space community stood up and said, “Hey World, we’re going to Mars!”
Enjoy the interview, and please, get inspired. Want to do something, how about attend the 2010 Mars Society Convention? Want to learn more about Dr. Zubrin? Check out his books on Amazon.com
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how bout we just build a whole fucking earth space ship spend a shit load of money on it with other countries and go to light speed and go to the nearist plantet system!! ! its so easy just cost alot
elon musk has a better chance of getting to mars than the US government does.
Nice interview. Dr. Zubrin is one of my favorite speakers when it comes to space talk. He is sometimes too excited about his ideas, but he sure is passionate. I wish we got someone in the white house that was 1% as passionate about space, then perhaps we would be going somewhere.
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I have a copy of Dr. von Braun’s “The Mars Project” (which is interesting but dry). I’ve seen the concept art of the Mars 80 project that NASA was forced to abandon (along with Apollo, but that’s another story for another day). I also have a copy of Dr. Zubrin’s “A Case For Mars”. Inside the front cover there is an inscription written by him. It reads “See you on Mars!” I like that. Makes for a pretty interesting rallying cry for all space enthusiasts, don’t you think?
Nice job on the interview, Ben!
THis man is an incredible visionary!
PUT THIS MAN AT THE HEAD OF NASA !!! DR. ROBERT ZUBRIN IS AWSOME !!! MARS BY 2020 !!!
His clear passion for this subject is staggering. While I can understand both sides of this coin: the government doesn’t have (or want to spend) the money it will take to send humans to Mars, I believe Dr. Zubrin is going to ultimately be right, in that we need to establish a colony to ensure the survival of our species in the event of some sort of earth cataclysm. Nukes, rogue astroids, etc. All could wipe out the planet and we need are going to need somewhere that Humanity can live on.