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Dr. Robert Zubrin
Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of The Mars Society and author of The Case for Mars, who argues that the manned exploration of Mars is critical to the future of space travel, STEM education, and our life here on Earth.
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