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SPONSORED BY: Manscaped. Receive 20% off Manscaped products when you use the code Trigger20. Check out their products: https://www.manscaped.com SPONSORED BY: Express VPN. Get 3 months extra free when you sign up for a 12 month contract at: www.expressvpn.com SPONSORED BY: easyDNS - domain name registrar provider and web host. Use special code: TRIGGERED for 50% off when you visit https://easydns.com/triggered/ Dr Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and advocate for human exploration of Mars. He is the author of, among others, 'The Case for Mars', 'The Case for Space', and 'Merchants of Despair'. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ | Channel ID: UCo_8zzSxKeL3arKWVuP8wdQ Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod / https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 03:05 Who is Dr Robert Zubrin? 09:47 Our Lost Excitement for Space Exploration 17:04 Lessons from Space on How to Improve Earth Life 21:48 Why Mars? 35:58 What Would the Martian Economies be Based Around? 41:29 The Dangers & Challenges of Going to Mars 53:22 When Will We See Civilisations and Advanced Tech on Mars? 56:35 Intelligent Alien Life Forms 1:01:08 Origin of Anti-Humanism 1:07:57 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices