The lecture is dedicated to Mars as an amazingly interesting planet that humans plan to visit in the near future. During the lecture, questions about the possible detection of life on Mars and plans for the colonization of this planet will be discussed. The lecturer, Vladimir Surdin, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, senior researcher at the P.K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, reports on the results of research on Mars conducted by robots and discusses the problems humans may face when visiting this planet. After the lecture, the audience will have the opportunity to ask Vladimir Surdin their questions of interest.