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Originally posted by kman42: OT--Anyone watch the landing? How did they get those update tones so rapidly? It seemed like they only took 10-20 seconds from the actual events, but I thought mars was about 5 light minutes away. kman |
At the moment (the closest it's been in about 60 thousand years, hence all the missions to Mars) it's only about 56 million km away. Saying that - thats still about 3 light minutes away... hmm...