Should the moon have its own time zone ?

[scruffy]

White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.

www.bbc.com

The Biden admin wants the moon to have its own time zone.

I was wondering exactly how this would work


Thoughts?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.

www.bbc.com

The Biden admin wants the moon to have its own time zone.

I was wondering exactly how this would work


Thoughts?

Lunatick-tock

 

[Lord Long Rod]

“Lunar Time” sounds cool.

 

[Crepitus]

White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.

www.bbc.com

The Biden admin wants the moon to have its own time zone.

I was wondering exactly how this would work


Thoughts?

Why? You thinking of moving there?

 

[ReinyDays]

Lunar days are 708 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds ... the 709 times zones would be about 15 kilometers wide at the equator ... longest human stay was 3 days, 3 hours ... didn't even use a fifth of them ...

 

[skye]

They fucked up the Earth now they want to fuck up the Moon.

 

[braalian]

So time literally moves slightly slower on the moon than on earth? Makes my head hurt

 

[ReinyDays]

So time literally moves slightly slower on the moon than on earth? Makes my head hurt

But only time as measured on Earth ... if we measure time on the Moon, then we'd say "time moves slightly slower on Earth than on the Moon" ... sounds paradoxical but that's the universe where parallel lines always cross ...