Artists concept of the MAVEN Spacecraft – Courtesy of Wikipedia
Just a quick note for all you space geeks out there.
MAVEN is 23,000,000 miles away and it takes light about 2 minutes to get there from here. 23 MM miles in a little over two months! Rock on MAVEN.
Tales From The Hare 
Pete Denton
February 3, 2014 at 12:13 pm
Wow, I find it amazing how far away something can be that launched a couple of months ago. The mind boggles!
Dennis Langley
February 3, 2014 at 12:19 pm
This speed makes a race car seem tame by comparison.
Matthew Wright
February 4, 2014 at 3:07 am
It’s awesome to think that something we’ve built, here on Earth, can be made to travel in this way. Underscores what we can do – with, of course, a LOT of dedication and hard work.
I’m crossing fingers about the ‘Siding Spring’ debris cloud this October – very much hoping it doesn’t disrupt MAVEN or any other of the probes orbiting Mars.
Dennis Langley
February 4, 2014 at 8:22 am
NASA has not ruled out that possibility at this point so let’s keep positive thoughts.
4amWriter
February 4, 2014 at 7:38 am
Go, MAVEN!
Dennis Langley
February 4, 2014 at 8:25 am
Eight months to go before she reaches martian orbit. Keep on truckin’. Oops, I just dated myself. 🙂
Vanessa-Jane Chapman
February 4, 2014 at 9:09 am
I LOVE space stuff, it does blow my mind though! 2 minutes you say, I might pop and visit in my lunch break, or have I misunderstood? 😉
Dennis Langley
February 4, 2014 at 9:34 am
If MAVEN were to turn on a spotlight directed at your lunchroom, you would sit in the dark for 2 minutes before you would see the light. That’s a long way away.