For example, service covered by the Foreign Service Pension System is potentially (but not fully) creditable when an employee waives his or her rights to benefits under that system and makes the required FERS deposit to OPM. Break in Service of Three Days or Less That Includes Dec. 31, 2012.
The average distance to Mars from Earth is 140,000,000 miles or 225,000,000 kilometers. However, this value varies because the Earth's orbit around the sun is smaller than Mars' orbit. Continue Reading
The distance to Mars from Earth varies as the planets orbit the sun. Every two years, they get as close as 55 million kilometers (34,175,400 miles). Space agencies time spacecraft launches to that planet to take advantage of such orbital alignments.