Robert Zubrin

Aerospace Engineer, Bestselling Author & Mars Colonization Champion; Founder of Pioneer Astronautics; Founder & President of The Mars Society

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Robert Zubrin Biography

Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer, bestselling author and Mars colonization champion. He is the founder and president of The Mars Society. He is the former President of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D (research and development) company that he founded in 1996 and led for 27 years until selling it in 2023.

He holds a Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Washington. Zubrin is the author of 20 patents and over 200 published technical and non-technical papers in the field of space exploration and technology.

In addition to his many technical publications, Dr. Zubrin is the author of twelve books, including "The Case for Mars: How We Shall Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must," “Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization,” “Mars on Earth: Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic,” “Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror,” the humorous tome “How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet,” “Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudoscientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism,” “The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility,” “The Case for Nukes: How to Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificant Future.”

In his capacity of President of Pioneer Astronautics, Dr. Zubrin served as the Principal Investigator of over fifty R&D projects in areas including spacecraft and launch vehicle propulsion systems, Mars and Lunar in-situ resource utilization technology, EVA life support and propulsion, and robotic exploration systems.

As leader of The Mars Society, he led the construction of two Mars analog research stations – one in the Canadian high Arctic in 2000 and the other in the American desert in 2001 - and has overseen a program involving over 200 simulated Mars exploration missions at those stations during the period since. Prior to founding Pioneer Astronautics, he worked as a Senior Engineer at Lockheed Martin, in thermonuclear fusion research, nuclear power plant safety, and as a high school science teacher.

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Robert Zubrin Speaking Topics

  • The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future

    Based on his book, "The Case for Nukes," world-renowned nuclear and aerospace engineer Dr. Robert Zubrin explains how nuclear power works and how much it has to offer humanity. He debunks the toxic falsehoods that have been spread to dissuade us from using it by variously the ignorant, the fearful, the fanatical, and by cynical political operatives bought and paid for by competing interests. He tells about revolutionary developments in the field, including new reactor types that can be cheaply mass produced, that cannot be made to melt down no matter how hard their operators try, that use a new fuel called thorium far more plentiful than uranium, and still more advanced systems, employing thermonuclear fusion

    • the power that lights the sun

    • to extract more energy from a gallon of water than can be obtained from 300 gallons of gasoline. He tells about the bold entrepreneurs

    • a totally different breed from the government officials who created the existing types of nuclear reactors

    • who are leading this revolution in power technology.

  • The Case for Space: The Revolution is at Hand

    Things have changed. The world’s government-led space efforts, begun so proudly in the eras of Sputnik and the Apollo Moon launches, stalled during the following four decades. The once proud Russian program virtually collapsed into a state of severe decay, and the American human spaceflight effort simply went round in circles for 45 years, enacting a spectacle of stagnation that could only induce pessimism in all those hoping for a human future in space. But now the ice has broken. In the midst of this decay, new forces have risen that are radically changing everything. Uniting the entrepreneurial genius of Silicon Valley with the hard-won technological expertise of the old aerospace industry, a new generation of space companies has been born whose upstart members are revolutionizing our prospects. Leading the way has been Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which started by showing that it could do what others had already done, but in one third the time and one tenth the cost, and which now has moved on to doing what no one else has ever done, including, most importantly, building rocket boosters than can be reused. This innovation promises to radically reduce spaceflight costs. The process of cost reduction won’t stop there, however, because Musk has competition from an alternative entrepreneurial effort, Blue Origin, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, reportedly the second richest man in the world. As a result, the same competitive dynamic that turned airplane flight from an expensive curiosity to a central part of daily life has now been unleashed. Others will soon join the race. Provided we continue to foster these developments, spaceflight is going to become cheaper and cheaper – so much so that not merely exploratory expeditions, but actual human settlement of other planets in our solar system will soon become feasible. In this talk world-renowned astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin will examine the possibilities. Starting with a discussion of the present-day breakthroughs, we will take a deeper look at where it leads: to ultrafast global travel through suborbital space, to new industries on orbit, and to human settlement of the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, the outer solar system, and ultimately the stars. All these things are possible, and he will explain how to achieve them. Then he will look at what such mastery implies: what we will gain by undertaking this grand adventure, and what we would lose by failing to do so. There is immense knowledge to be gained in space, but also deadly hazards to be faced, which we need to control if we are to protect ourselves and all other life on Earth. The value of the challenge itself, both to stimulating the creative forces of society as a whole and particularly of our youth, will also be explored. There is also the question of the influence of an open frontier – or the lack thereof – on human freedom, and on the battle of ideas that can sustain it or defeat it. Finally, there is the question of the human future itself: Will we be limited to one world, with limited resources and limited prospects? Or will we become something far grander in space, time, diversity, and ultimate potential? A revolution is at hand that could open dramatic new possibilities for the human future. Let us seize the day.

Robert Zubrin Videos

  • Robert Zubrin: How humans will live on Mars
    UnHerd's Flo Read meets Mars Society Founder Robert Zubrin.
  • Mars Society President Robert Zubrin
    Mars Society President Robert Zubrin.
  • Dr. Robert Zubrin - The New World on Mars: What Can We Create
    Robert Zubrin - The New World on Mars: What Can We Create on the Red Planet?

Robert Zubrin Books

  • The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
    The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
  • The Case For Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future
    The Case For Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future
  • The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
    The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility

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Robert Zubrin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future and The Case for Space: The Revolution is at Hand. The estimated speaking fee range to book Robert Zubrin for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Robert Zubrin generally travels from Golden, CO, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alyssa Carson, Kenneth Harris II, Bill Nussey, Jasmine Crowe-Houston and Aprille Ericsson. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Robert Zubrin for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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