The US federal government has asked Nasa to develop a time zone for the Moon before it begins any new missions to the lunar surface.
The head of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) wants Nasa to “work with other US agencies and international agencies to establish a moon-centric time reference system” by the end of 2026, said The Guardian. The system will be called coordinated lunar time (LTC).
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