The name for a partner who is involved in a queerplatonic relationship, as in he's my zucchini.
Curiosity, a rover that's exploring Mars as of 2014, has a top ground speed of 1.5 inches per second, or about 0.1 mph. Curiosity landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012.
How long does it take to get to Mars? NASA's New Horizons probe is the fastest spacecraft launched from Earth as of January 2015. It traveled at 36,000 miles per hour when it was launched in 2006. If it had traveled to Mars during the closest approach to Earth, it could have arrived in as little as 39 days.