1. Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human exploration of Mars.
16 Facts About Robert Zubrin
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Robert Zubrin was born in Brooklyn, New York City on April 9,1952.
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Robert Zubrin is President of both the Mars Society and Pioneer Astronautics, a private company that does research and development on innovative aerospace technologies.
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Robert Zubrin's inventions include the nuclear salt-water rocket and co-inventor of the magnetic sail.
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Robert Zubrin was "a senior engineer with the Martin Marietta Astronautics company, working as one of its leaders in development of advanced concepts for interplanetary missions".
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In 1998, Robert Zubrin founded the Mars Society, and in the following years, was able to attract large amounts of public interest to potential human colonisation on Mars.
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In 1996 Robert Zubrin founded Pioneer Astronautics, a research and development company committed to developing innovative technologies to further space exploration and improve life on earth.
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Robert Zubrin relied primarily on small business research contracts and tackled a large variety of space-relevant problems.
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In 2008 Robert Zubrin founded Pioneer Energy, a research and development firm headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.
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Robert Zubrin has developed a number of new processes for manufacturing synthetic fuels.
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Robert Zubrin is known as an advocate of a moderately anthropocentric position in the ethics of terraforming.
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Discussions of the ethics of terraforming often make reference to a series of public debates Robert Zubrin has held with his friend Christopher McKay, who advocates a moderately biocentric position on the ethics of terraforming.
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An aged Robert Zubrin appears as a background character in The Martian Race by Gregory Benford, a science fiction novel depicting early human explorers on Mars in the very near future.
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Robert Zubrin was featured in a 2007 CBC News documentary special, The Passionate Eye, titled "The Mars Underground".
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In 2010 Robert Zubrin was featured in the Symphony of Science video "The Case for Mars" along with Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston.
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In 2016, Robert Zubrin was one of several scientists and engineers interviewed in the National Geographic miniseries Mars.