The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak. Robert Zubrin More Quotes by Robert Zubrin More Quotes From Robert Zubrin Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single species on a single planet. Our condition can thus only be described as extremely fragile, endangered by forces of nature currently beyond our control, our own mistakes, and other branches of the wildly blossoming tree itself. Looked at this way, we can then pose the question of the future of humanity on Earth, in the solar system, and in the galaxy from the standpoint of both evolutionary biology and human nature. The conclusion is straightforward: Our choice is to grow, branch, spread and develop, or stagnate and die. Robert Zubrin moon race mistake Unless people can see broad vistas of unused resources in front of them, the belief in limited resources tends to follow as a matter of course. And if the idea is accepted that the world's resources are fixed, then each person is ultimately the enemy of every other person, and each race or nation is the enemy of every other race or nation. The extreme result is tyranny, war and even genocide. Only in a universe of unlimited resources can all men be brothers. Robert Zubrin moon brother war The White Mars [project] is a bold move that will add significantly to our understanding of how to deal with the challenge of human exploration of the Red Planet. Robert Zubrin understanding white moving I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of life itself Robert Zubrin betrayal community responsibility Nothing could do more to help the world's poor than to make fossil fuels cheap and plentiful. Robert Zubrin help nothing poor world In the wake of the disaster caused by Tropical Storm Sandy, various allies of the Obama campaign have rushed to claim that the event was caused by anthropogenic global warming, thereby justifying the president's program of crushing the economy with regressive carbon taxes, a supposedly necessary measure to prevent future bad weather. Robert Zubrin global-warming storm future weather Before agriculture was invented, land was not a resource. Before oil drilling and nuclear fission were invented, petroleum and uranium were not resources. Robert Zubrin agriculture resources oil land Global warming would increase the rate of evaporation from the oceans. This would increase rainfall worldwide. In addition, global warming would lengthen the growing season, thereby increasing still further the bounty of both agriculture and nature. Robert Zubrin agriculture global-warming nature In their efforts to discredit human freedom, the Putinites denounce the sins that may occur under the reign of liberty with the same ardor, the same sincerity, and the same purpose that animated their Soviet forebears. Robert Zubrin sincerity liberty freedom purpose Prosperous communities are much better able to survive hurricanes or other natural disasters because they have greater resources, both public and private, to fall back upon. Robert Zubrin survive better back fall In the courtroom of science, if you have the facts on your side, you don't need a gun - and juries would be well advised to distrust the case of those parties who choose to use weapons to silence adversarial witnesses. Robert Zubrin you gun silence science The more that energy costs, the less economic activity there can be. Robert Zubrin more activity economic energy The No. 1 purpose of the federal government is national defense. Robert Zubrin national defense government purpose What Russia really needs is not gay rights but human rights, and the rule of law. Robert Zubrin rule-of-law human-rights gay law As I explain at some length in my book 'Energy Victory,' during World War II, the American strength in oil production was a decisive advantage for the Allies. Airplanes, ships, and tanks all ran on oil, and we controlled the supply. Robert Zubrin victory strength war world The Earth is not endangered by humanity. But humanity is being seriously threatened by those who follow the guides of the WWF. Robert Zubrin follow seriously humanity earth From 1859 to 1971, the U.S. oil industry grew virtually continuously, in the process serving mightily to drive our economy and win our wars. But that growth was stopped dead in 1971 and sent into decline thereafter, as the advent of the EPA and the accompanying National Environmental Policy Act made it increasingly difficult to drill. Robert Zubrin drive win environmental growth The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it. Robert Zubrin european-union cuba trade honor People make their own fates, and if enough of us make our fate to be space explorers, perhaps we can actually get some space exploration done. Robert Zubrin fate space enough people Can we achieve 140 mpg fuel economy? You bet. Just get the bureaucrats out of the way, and Yankee ingenuity will do the rest. Robert Zubrin rest will you way
