11.   The initial snooping will include reams of close-up snapshots, a sharp-eyed, creeping robot and earnest poking at the Martian soil.

12.   The other will be affixed to a robotic arm that will scoop up Martian soil.

13.   These conditions are echoed in the layers of Martian soil.

14.   This impressive opening shot stars Beau Bridges as an obsessive scientist who finds intelligent life in a sample of Martian soil.

15.   Together, Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander will look for water in the Martian soil and atmosphere.

16.   The Mars program will eventually help NASA decide whether to put humans on martian soil.

17.   Their goal is to find water ice in the Martian soil.

18.   The Canadian Space Agency also seeks to apply its experience in building a robot that could drill into the martian soil to recover rock samples.