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Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by euroderf on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:44AM (#39916173)
Accuracy counts. "... a moon-centric time reference system that accounts for its differing gravitational forces. In a memo on Tuesday, OSTP chief Arati Prabhakar noted that Earth-based clocks would appear to lose 58.7 microseconds per Earth-day as a result of these factors."
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Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by gonzo41 on Friday April 05, 2024 @06:55AM (#39940888)
Simple fix. Make the whole moon GMT. Reset the clock every day at 00:00 to account for slippage. For time keeping on the moon just have a moon time off some atomic clock.
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Re:White House directs NASA to create time standard for the ... by euroderf on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:02AM (#39977535)
"Works for me!"
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