The Number One Reason I’ll Never Go to Mars [VIDEO]

I guess Bernie Taupin was right when he wrote "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact it's cold as hell." Because, according to the latest MIT study on The Mars One colony, the fate of those chosen seems more than bleak.

The brave souls who are "lucky" enough to go on the trip will "suffocate, starve, and be incinerated." The volunteers so far seem real eager to hop on a spaceship and journey to their own deaths.

I applied because it is the ultimate opportunity," explains Weedon, a 27-year-old manager who describes herself as somebody who doesn't want to lead the ordinary "nine-to-five" kind of life. "I want to be able to go down in history," she says. "I want to be able to say I made a difference to the future of mankind."

However, there is a reason I'd never sign up for a one-way trip to Mars and it all concerns the following 'classic' local commercial.

I watched my fair share of cartoons and Brady Bunch episodes on Channel 56 and I swear 'Robolar' was professing his love for Earth fruit on every other station break. I would say the chances of him actually being on Mars (pronounced Mahhhhs) are very slim, but that's a risk I can't afford to take.