Foolish Earth creature, you want to go to Mars. Oh goodie!

There's been a lot of news buzz lately, notably from a fellow named Elon Musk, that we should send people to explore and colonize the planet Mars. So in an effort to find some answers without boldly splitting infinitives like no man, including Bill Shatner, has done before, I consulted with an expert on the subject, known only by his first name of 'Marvin'.

He was a little hard to get ahold of as he was working on his latest iteration of the Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator. In fact, when I told him who I was, and where I was calling from he said, "Earth. Why bother. I'm going to blow it up. It obstructs my view of Venus," before hanging up on me. Finally after several more calls, he calmed down, and we had a serious scientific discussion regarding the habitability prospects of Mars, and the challenges of space travel in general. Here are some of the bigger myths that I've read in the news, which Marvin dispelled.