Robert Zubrin

thumb|It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native Martian microorganisms in the process of extending the habitability of Mars Robert Zubrin (born April 9,1952) is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human exploration of Mars Quotes It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native Martian microorganisms in the process of extending the habitability of Mars. Do indigenous Martian bacteria have precedence over human exploration ? , p.2 We do not need a lunar-orbiting station to go to the Moon. We do not need such a station to go to Mars. We do not need it to go to near-Earth asteroids. We do not need it to go anywhere. Nor can we accomplish anything in such a station that we cannot do in the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, except to expose human subjects to irradiation – a form of medical research for which a number of Nazi doctors were hanged at Nuremberg A space station in lunar orbit will accomplish nothing. NASA needs to choose a rational goal Musk can probably build a giant AI data centre on the Moon. But if it can’t compete with much cheaper alternatives on Earth, it could prove a financial disaster that collapses his credibility, and with it his entire corporate empire Abandoning Mars could be Elon Musk’s biggest mistake External links Author and Founder, The Mars Society Category:1952 births Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Science authors from the United States Category:Aerospace engineers from the United States Category:People from New York City Category:Living people