[SkyDancer]

NBC - six hour delay at 3,500 miles. NASA, 14 minute delay at 150,000,000 million miles.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

14 minute delay at 150,000,000 million miles.

Now just a bleepin second. The Sun is only 93 million miles away.

[zeugma]

NBC - six hour delay at 3,500 miles. NASA, 14 minute delay at 150,000,000 million miles.

I saw your post and figured I'd be a smartass and post exactly how far Mars actually is from Earth at the moment. However, you were pretty darn close. At the moment, Mars is 836.3 seconds away from earth. That's 13 minutes 56 seconds.