Robert Zubrin

Robert Zubrin

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 376,579 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Zubrin is the 319th most popular engineer (down from 289th in 2019), the 9,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,395th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Engineer.