dr. robert zubrin... the colorado native founded the mars society, which built the station and led the first mission 14 years ago. dr. robert zubrin - founder, the mars society clip 9156 in-6:32:40 "what we're doing here in the desert right now is showing the value of this tool to nasa for researching how to do a mars mission." renee clip 8727 in-1:29:58 "we are the 162nd crew here."and after observing all those crews and their research... dr. zubrin says they've made valuable discoveries... like that teams could live and work using much less water than first thought. atv start and even though no transport vehicles will run on gas... theyve learned atvs are the most useful. dr. robert zubrin - founder, the mars society clip 9156 in-6:24:57 "before you go spending a billion dollars designing a mars mobility vehicle, you should know of which type you want to design and develop." atv nats and if you wonder why we shouldnt just leave the exploration to dr. zubrin has a story to share about that very first miss