Interview: Robert Zubrin on research by The Mars Society into a human mission to Mars

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: January 23, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

BOB EDWARDS
Morning Edition (NPR)
01-23-2004
Interview: Robert Zubrin on research by The Mars Society into a human mission to Mars

Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

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Members of The Mars Society are excited by President Bush's proposed manned mission to Mars. They already have Mars-on-Earth research stations that simulate the martian environment. In the Australian outback, in the Arctic and in the deserts of the American Southwest, volunteer scientists, many from NASA, live and work in Mars-like conditions. The stations are funded with private donations. Robert ...

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