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To: lee martell

Earth to mars distance is 238 million MILES (not light years).
One (1) light year is approx. 5.88 trillion miles.


14 posted on 07/29/2021 9:00:51 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

If there was a dollar for every mile, then the US is over 3 trillion light years in debt.


19 posted on 07/29/2021 9:06:00 PM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: irishjuggler
For relative comparison:

1 million seconds is about 11 days; 1 billion seconds is about 31 years; and 1 trillion seconds is about 31,000 years.

And as Woody Allen says, eternity is a long time, especially towards the end.

20 posted on 07/29/2021 9:06:06 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: irishjuggler

Okay. Thanks. I didn’t look closely enough.


29 posted on 07/29/2021 9:24:59 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: irishjuggler
Earth to mars distance is 238 million MILES (not light years).

I heard eleventy-skadillion light years.

54 posted on 07/30/2021 12:06:03 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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