In addition to the above disturbing facts, of the 20 407 taxpayers that did claim (there is no specific statistics regarding autism), the total amount of medical expense tax deductions claimed for the 2008 tax year was only R905 million.
When Earth and Mars are furthest apart. On the opposite end of the scale, Mars and Earth can be 401 million km apart (249 million miles) when they are in opposition and both are at aphelion. The average distance between the two is 225 million km. When Mars is Close, Youâre Go For Launch. Mars and Earth reach this closest point to one another approximately every two years. And this is the perfect time to launch a mission to the Red Planet.
The Opposition of Mars. March 28, 2014: By the time you finish reading this story, you'll be about 1,000 km closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter. As March gives way to April, the distance between the two planets is shrinking by about 300 km every minute. When the convergence ends in mid-April, the gulf between Earth and Mars will have narrowed to only 92 million km--a small number on the vast scale of the solar system.