Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and the President of the Mars Society.

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0:00 – Intro

0:40 – Which country will be the first to reach Mars

05:59 – Why hasn't anyone done it yet

07:31 – Why the US is postponing the Mars program

10:35 – Similarities between SpaceX and Lockheed Martin

12:23 – How Elon Musk is going to use Martian materials

13:48 – What prevents us from reaching Mars

16:30 – Sending unmanned vehicles to Mars

17:47 – Risks of a flight to Mars

18:36 – The number of people in the first mission to Mars

20:16 – Why the Mars mission is so important

28:24 – Which social problems can the colonization of Mars cause

30:41 – The Mars Society

32:59 – Terraforming Mars

36:45 – The use of nuclear weapons in the terraforming of Mars

37:46 – About flying to Mars in person