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Robert Zubrin, an Uncommon card
Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human exploration of Mars.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert Zubrin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert Zubrin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ version of the plan was subsequently adopted by NASA as a "design reference mission".
Answer
modified. A modified version of the plan was subsequently adopted by NASA as a "design reference mission". From the Robert Zubrin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Robert Zubrin. Robert Zubrin 65 · Yitzhak Navon 61 · Bram Moolenaar 57 · Sausages in Italian cuisine 52 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is also an advocate for U.S. space superiority, writing that "in the 21st century, victory on land, sea or in the air will go to the power that controls space" and that "if we desire peace on Earth, we need to prepare for war in space." He and his colleague at Martin Marietta, David Baker, were the driving force behind Mars Direct, a proposal in a 1990 research paper intended to produce…
- The key idea was to use the Martian atmosphere to produce oxygen, water, and rocket propellant for the surface stay and return journey.
- A modified version of the plan was subsequently adopted by NASA as a "design reference mission".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert Zubrin article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Robert Zubrin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert Zubrin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Mars Society, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
