The Colonization of Mars (Top Secret)

Quantity of peripherally related material does not directly relate to utility to the discussion at hand(peripherally becuase Zubrin did NOT directly have anything to do with most of what you quoted in that overlong once-again-arguing-by-proxy-authority quote).

I'm going home now, so I'll futilely ask one final time:

When I dissed him you responded by saying that Lockheed was making great advances, thus arguing by juxtaposition that Zubrin was at least in large part responsible for Lockheed's space policy.

Provide one single link that shows this is the case. Show any unequivocal evidence that Zubrin's fanboy-feeding fantasies have had any meaningful impact on actual space policy for either private enterprise or the government. If Zubrin is such a visionary, show his impact on the Vision for Space Exploration.

Are you actively involved in space advocacy? Have you directly lobbied any government representatives? Have you ever spent any time on even well-organised amateur space projects?

Why is Zubrin the only hope? How do you feel about, say, Elon Musk? (For the record, I think his reach waaaay exceeds his grasp, but at least he's actually building hardware)