PQ> He's about our age, and is vehemently stunned that we, as a species,
PQ> haven't made any progress in planetary exploration/habitation/utilisation
PQ> of either of our moon or more specifically, of Mars.  His speech to a
PQ> U.S. Senate committee (I think) hearing, televised on one of the
PQ> Discovery channels, nearly had me in tears, once, and my neck was sore
PQ> from my nodding to the points he raised during his dissertation.
 
I didn't see that yet.  I get the Discovery channel and a host of others
from satellite, so maybe they'll rerun it.  I'll get on their web site this
morning to see if is planned this month.  Thanks for the info.
 
PQ> A first-hit search result on Google (Australian) gets it right with a
PQ> link to the Wikipedia entry, "Robert Zubrin (born 19 April 1952) is an
PQ> American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of
PQ> manned Mars exploration."  A good man, with great ideas that seem
PQ> workable.
 
I did the same thing yesterday.  What I should have done is go right to
Wikipedia to skip the google step.  I am amazed at the ideas he has even
though I've only scratched the surface of the man.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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