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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by vorticalbox on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:38PM (#37339942)
It's not bad seeing as Mars is 225 million to 401 million Km away depending on where it is in its orbit.
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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by rtkwe on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:20PM (#37341556)
46 Light Minutes is pretty much the maximum, that's 827,427,184 Kilometers round trip which is a bit beyond the maximum distance to Mars so there's some processing delays thrown in there.
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