What Time Is It on the Moon?
What Time Is It on the Moon?
In 2025, astronauts will begin returning to the moon, eventually building bases and space stations, putting robotic landers and rovers to work, and mining for resources. In this bustling new era of lunar activity, they'll need to synchronize with each other. But so far there is no agreed-upon time system or zones, and there's neither GPS nor internet on the moon.
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fascinating problem.
and no surprise, the technical aspects can be quickly dealt with (theoretically) and the difficult problems are in implementation and the more difficult problems are: the people.
Published
2023
Summary
In 2025, astronauts will begin returning to the moon, eventually building bases and space stations, putting robotic landers and rovers to work, and mining for resources. In this bustling new era of lunar activity, they'll need to synchronize with each other. But so far there is no agreed-upon time system or zones, and there's neither GPS nor internet on the moon.
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