124 - The Future of the Mars Program (feat. Scott Hubbard)

WeMartians Podcast by Jake Robins

Jun 28, 202200:46:01Science & Medicine

For two decades, the modern Mars program has been sending spacecraft almost every launch window to Mars, and we have Scott Hubbard to thank for much of that. As the first director of the Mars Program, he instituted much...

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