Scientists are working to unravel the mystery of Mars's climate-evidence of water on the red planet will hold clues about life on Mars, as well as the potential for life elsewhere in the universe.

科学家正在努力寻找火星气候的秘密——在这个红色的星球上发现有水存在的证据，它将作为在火星上寻找生命的线索，也可以说明在宇宙的别处也有可能存在生命。

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Packed with detailed descriptions of the colonist's everyday lives, and a close attention to the geography of Mars, it's as close as any of us will get to walking on the red planet.

火星三部曲着重描写火星殖民者的日常生活细节，并且密切关注火星的地理环境，仿佛我们中的每个人都会登上这个红色星球一样。

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If we mankind could ever get to Mars, we might first of all use plutonium to heat up the planet to a more earth-like temperature so as to make it suitable for humans to live on.

如果我们人类一旦登上火星，就可能首先用钚来把火星加热到更像地球的温度，以使火星能适合人类居住。

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He has reported as the space vehicle Pathfinder arrived on Mars and beamed live video of the planet's surface back to earth.

CNN: The View from Space

This is the kind of subtle detail the scientists are looking for as they build a picture of what conditions were like on early Mars and the possibility that the planet could once have harboured simple lifeforms.

BBC: Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover to ingest drill sample soon

Just as Mars -- a desert planet -- gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.

CNN: Commentary: Let's aim for Mars