jarfil@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 3 months agoWhite House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkWhite House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.comjarfil@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarearchonet@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months ago“[…] instructed the space agency to work with other parts of the U.S. government to devise a plan by the end of 2026 for setting what it called a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).” You people just hate acronyms that make sense, don’t you
minus-squarejak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoIt’s because the French and the English can’t allow the other to win, so we use a third option
minus-squarearchonet@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoyet another item on the list of things I blame the French for
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
minus-squareQuexotic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThey didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
minus-squarepoliticalcustard@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI am campaigning for LTU then… Uncoordinated Lunar Time, then people on the moon can do what they want whenever they damn well feel like it.
“[…] instructed the space agency to work with other parts of the U.S. government to devise a plan by the end of 2026 for setting what it called a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).”
You people just hate acronyms that make sense, don’t you
It’s because the French and the English can’t allow the other to win, so we use a third option
yet another item on the list of things I blame the French for
I’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
They didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
I am campaigning for LTU then… Uncoordinated Lunar Time, then people on the moon can do what they want whenever they damn well feel like it.
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