The guys eventually depart for the planet's surface, leaving their commander to single-handedly manage a series of dire crises in the command module. Kilmer and crew hit the surface to solve a scientific riddle, something about Martian algae. Everything goes wrong, the men resort to infighting, and they end up being stalked by robots and bugs. The thrill seems to be gone. All Mars has is algae.
Earth has Moss.
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