Commander Rick examines our fascination with Mars, featuring science fiction authors Robert J. Sawyer (End of an Era); Colin Greenland (Take Back Plenty); Terry Bisson (Voyage to the Red Planet); Kim Newman ("Famous Monsters"); Kim Stanley Robinson ("Green Mars"); Ian McDonald (Desolation Road); Michael Moorcock ("Mars"); and acclaimed SF writer Ray Bradbury, discussing his award-winning collection of short stories, The Martian Chronicles. Rick also discusses Canada's role in the space race to Mars, with Canadian Solar Sail Project director, Steve Horvath.