It takes a minimum of 15 minutes for a radio signal to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light. So the images they are watching are at least that many minutes old. And considering how quickly the rocket reached Mars, it would have had to be traveling near the speed of light as well. This story is not even good science fiction. It falls more in the realm of poor science fantasy!
It takes a minimum of 15 minutes for a radio signal to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light. So the images they are watching are at least that many minutes old. And considering how quickly the rocket reached Mars, it would have had to be traveling near the speed of light as well. This story is not even good science fiction. It falls more in the realm of poor science fantasy!