Uh, I know it's a joke, but isn't geostationary orbit almost 36K km over the equator? The round trip time to NYC would be over a quarter of a second... Hence,

Uh, I know it's a joke, but isn't geostationary orbit almost 36K km over the equator? The round trip time to NYC would be over a quarter of a second... Hence, drones. With lasers... Laser drones...