Bob Bruner

With no specific scientific training, in his later years Bob has built up an extensive collection of meteorites and minerals associated with the Origin of Life, whose incredible collection is also documented in the "Life on Mars in a Box". He is Mars Society member and long-time supporter of Mars exploration, as well as volunteering at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He has generously donated many books and exhibits to the museum, as well as to the Discovery Museum & NASA Challenger learning Centre in Colorado Springs and the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He has joined the NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life and the NASA Astrobiology Roadmap team.