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Zubrin, Robert1 (1998)

Opening Address to the Founding Convention of The Mars Society

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In: Proceedings of The Founding Convention of the Mars Society, edited by Zubrin, RM, and Zubrin, M. Univelt, Incorporated.

We currently have the technology required to establish a permanent human presence on Mars within 10 years at a cost of roughly 15% of the existing NASA budget. The key is to adopt a “live-off the land” philosophy, making rocket propellants and other necessary mission consumables on the surface of Mars. This paper will discuss how this can be done, and the significance of such a step in the context of the development of humanity from a single planet to a multi-planet species.

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