Exclusive Robert Zubrin Interview Part 2: Why Mars Direct - What Motivates Elon Musk

Welcome to Episode 7 of What about it!? In DEPTH

I sat down with Robert Zubrin - Scientist, Engineer, Inventor & President of the Mars Society - to have a talk about his past, NASA, SpaceX, Elon Musk and Starship. Watch part 2 to get insights intowhat Mars direct is and what drives Elon Musk to make SpaceX and Starships successfull.

Since the interview took a little longer, I have decided, to separate it into three different parts. Part one is already out. Today, you get part 2 and 3 will be released on Saturday, April 25th.

Time Stamps provided by Jimmy Joy the Space Boy:

00:40 - Money is not Musk's motivation; rather, he is a humanist
02:30 - Elon Musk's options: solar energy or humans on Mars
05:15 - "eternal glory for doing great deeds"
06:33 - what "Mars Direct" is (an innovative proposal on how to go to Mars)
09:55 - Elon Musk's adoption and divergence from it
11:00 - Zubrin's early experience with disruptive rocket projects
13:10 - Mars Direct conception from it
14:53 - Mars Direct step by step plan
15:17 - Elon Musk's different approach
16:21 - Zubrin's critics to it
17:27 - Zubrin's alternative for Musk's plan
18:58 - why two "different" vehicles would be better
20:17 - the problem with a huge spacecraft landing on the Moon
21:44 - use Starship as a cargo vehicle for Artemis program (for 1/10 of the price haha)
22:42 - Musk's attitute compared to NASA's
25:45 - Zubrin's vision about Starship's future and it's role
27:43 - "there will be people on Mars by the end of this decade"

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