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Robert Zubrin

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Robert Zubrin (; born April 9, 1952) is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human exploration of Mars. He is also an advocate for U.S. space superiority, writing that "in the 21st century, victory on land, sea or in the air will go to the power that controls space" and that "if we desire peace on Earth, we need to prepare for war in space." He and his colleague at Martin Marietta, David Baker, were the driving force behind Mars Direct, a proposal in a 1990 research paper intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission. The key idea was to use the Martian atmosphere to produce oxygen, water, and rocket propellant for the surface stay and return journey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Zubrin has received more than 414,728 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Zubrin is the 342nd most popular engineer (down from 317th in 2019), the 10,246th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,550th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Zubrin ranks 342 out of 389. Before him are John Houbolt, Chuck Peddle, R. J. Mitchell, Tommy Flowers, Harry Ricardo, and Sidney Darlington. After him are Pavel Pavel, Vladimir Barmin, Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Viktor Kozin, Ivan Artobolevsky, and Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Robert Zubrin ranks 545. Before him are Pier Paolo Bianchi, Lee Strobel, Akejan Kajegeldin, June Anderson, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Antjie Krog. After him are Susan Dey, Willy Puchner, Mohamed Said Fofana, Albert Camille Vital, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, and Lars-Erik Skiöld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Zubrin ranks 10,246 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruth Roland (1892), Alfred Lane (1891), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Martha Mansfield (1899), Robert J. Bentley (1943), and Carole Bayer Sager (1947). After him are Susan Dey (1952), John Munro Longyear (1850), Alexi Lalas (1970), Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Vincent Sherman (1906), and Blind Boy Fuller (1904).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Robert Zubrin ranks 41. Before him are Robert H. Dennard (1932), T. Keith Glennan (1905), Jack Parsons (1914), John Houbolt (1919), Chuck Peddle (1937), and Sidney Darlington (1906). After him are Tom Dowd (1925), Gordon Bell (1934), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), David S. Johnson (1945), Beatrice Hicks (1919), and Henry M. Morris (1918).

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