OpinionMarch 25, 2021
President Biden Should Push for the Human Exploration of Mars
Robotic rovers such as Perseverance are great, but they can’t answer the most fundamental questions about the Red Planet
Stories by Robert Zubrin
Robert Zubrin, an aerospace engineer, is the founder of the Mars Society and the president of Pioneer Astronautics. He is the author of The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, published by Simon and Schuster. Twitter: @robert_zubrin.
Space & PhysicsNovember 1, 2007
Don't Wreck the Mars Program
Devoting all the funding to just one mission would be a mistake
Space & PhysicsJune 1, 2001
North to Mars!
TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A MISSION TO MARS, A BAND OF SCIENTISTS DECIDED TO GO TO THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
Space & PhysicsMarch 1, 2000
The Mars Direct Plan
A leading advocate of manned missions to Mars, Robert Zubrin, outlines his relatively inexpensive plan to send astronauts to the Red Planet within a decade