The narrated video contains 164 scenes using existing NASA footage. The desire to know what's out there. This video contains many clues.
Every image has a meaning, and some images have many meanings.
Explore, discover, and find something new. The images and narration were designed to prime the students to think about the key problems involved in the challenge of going to Mars and returning safely to Earth. The narration specifically challenges students to pose problems within the domain of planning a mission, but is not so specific that it inhibits problems that students might want to pose. Watching the Mission to Mars video suggests the wide variety of factors involved in planning and carrying out a mission to Mars. During the first period, the students view the video as a class and then individually pose as many problems as they can.