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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/today-the-human-race-is-a-single-twig-on-the-tree-of-life-a-single/)

[Robert Zubrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zubrin/)

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## More by Robert Zubrin

> [ The White Mars \[project\] is a bold move that will add significantly to our understanding of how to deal with the challenge of human… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/the-white-mars-project-is-a-bold-move-that-will-add-significantly-to/)

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> [Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single species on a single planet. Our condition can thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/today-the-human-race-is-a-single-twig-on-the-tree-of-life-a-single/)

[Robert Zubrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zubrin/)

> [“What was it the old salts use to say about who and what conquered the seven seas? Iron men and wooden ships, not wooden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/what-was-it-the-old-salts-use-to-say-about-who-and-what-conquered-the/)

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> [“Perhaps the question was premature in Turner’s time, but not now. Currently we see around us an ever more apparent loss of vigor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/perhaps-the-question-was-premature-in-turner-s-time-but-not-now/)

[Robert Zubrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zubrin/)

> [I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/i-would-say-that-failure-to-terraform-mars-constitutes-failure-to/)

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> [“If the human mind can understand the universe, it means the human mind is fundamentally of the same order as the divine mind. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/if-the-human-mind-can-understand-the-universe-it-means-the-human-mind/)

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> [ “...\[C\]ontrary to your Earth experience and its derived cynicism, on Mars, such things are possible. Yes, fully possible, even for you, a person who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/c-ontrary-to-your-earth-experience-and-its-derived-cynicism-on-mars/)

[Robert Zubrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zubrin/)

> [“Currently we see around us an ever more apparent loss of vigor of our society: increasing fixity of the power structure and bureaucratization of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/currently-we-see-around-us-an-ever-more-apparent-loss-of-vigor-of-our/)

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> [Unless people can see broad vistas of unused resources in front of them, the belief in limited resources tends to follow as a matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/unless-people-can-see-broad-vistas-of-unused-resources-in-front-of/)

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