Mars is pretty far, but 240 days doesn't sound so bad. In the age of explorers, ...

Unoeufisenough on April 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: If the Earth were 100 pixels wide

Mars is pretty far, but 240 days doesn't sound so bad. In the age of explorers, the first human sailors to circumnavigate the earth took 4 years to do it. A handful of them even survived the journey!