factsinallcaps: THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND MARS IS 401 MILLION KILOMETERS, OR 249,169,848 MILES. THIS IS JUST OVER 22 LIGHT MINUTES. THIS MEANS THAT IF THEY INVENTED A SPACECRAFT CAPABLE OF TRAVELING AT LIGHT SPEED, PASSENGERS ON THAT SHIP COULD WATCH A MAXIMUM OF ONE EPISODE OF THE OFFICE OR COMPARABLE SITCOM, AND A SHORT …