Robert Zubrin: "The Case for Mars"
In "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, Robert Zubrin explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within 10 years; produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; build bases and settle...
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ftolddominionuni:oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:pls-1095 2023-05-15T17:57:58+02:00 Robert Zubrin: "The Case for Mars" Zubrin, Robert 2000-01-20T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/pls/96 unknown ODU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/pls/96 President's Lecture Series Life on other planets Mars text 2000 ftolddominionuni 2021-03-02T18:27:54Z In "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, Robert Zubrin explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within 10 years; produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; build bases and settlements on the planet; and alter the planet's atmosphere to pave the way for sustainable life. One of the world's foremost proponents of the colonization of Mars, Zubrin is a member of NASA's Mars Exploration Long Term Strategy Working Group. "Mars has what it takes" to support colonization, he said in a recent article on the NASA Web site. The planet may appear to be an uninhabitable desert, but beneath its sands are oceans of water in the form of permafrost, Zubrin said. Enough so that if it was melted and Mars' terrain was smoothed out, it would cover the entire planet with an ocean several hundred meters deep, he claims. Mars' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide, which provides enormous supplies of the two most important biological elements carbon and oxygen -- which can be directly taken up and incorporated into plant life. Zubrin is a former senior engineer with Lockheed Martin and the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a space exploration and development firm. He also chaired the first international conference of The Mars Society, an organization dedicated to the concept of manned missions and settlement of Mars, in August 1998. Text permafrost Old Dominion University: ODU Digital Commons |
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In "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, Robert Zubrin explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within 10 years; produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; build bases and settlements on the planet; and alter the planet's atmosphere to pave the way for sustainable life. One of the world's foremost proponents of the colonization of Mars, Zubrin is a member of NASA's Mars Exploration Long Term Strategy Working Group. "Mars has what it takes" to support colonization, he said in a recent article on the NASA Web site. The planet may appear to be an uninhabitable desert, but beneath its sands are oceans of water in the form of permafrost, Zubrin said. Enough so that if it was melted and Mars' terrain was smoothed out, it would cover the entire planet with an ocean several hundred meters deep, he claims. Mars' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide, which provides enormous supplies of the two most important biological elements carbon and oxygen -- which can be directly taken up and incorporated into plant life. Zubrin is a former senior engineer with Lockheed Martin and the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a space exploration and development firm. He also chaired the first international conference of The Mars Society, an organization dedicated to the concept of manned missions and settlement of Mars, in August 1998. |
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