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 maximum distance between Mars and Earth comes when the two planets are on opposite sides of the Sun. At this point, the distance between them is 2.5 astral units. Because light travels at 250,000 kilometers per second, this means that Mars ranges from 4 to as much as 20 light-minutes away. Learn more about Planets