Re:Mars Needs Leap Days Too
by chrononaut on Monday March 02, 2020 @08:31PM
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Somewhat related to this, back in 2004 the JPL team working on Spirit and Opportunity were given specially-designed wristwatches that matched the 24 hour and 39 minute day on Mars in order to better match the daily working schedule that Mars required.[0]
[0] https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/spotlight/spirit/a3_20040108.h...