The moon's day length is so long that it wouldn't make any sense for any crewed mission to use it, they're going to need their own lights on an arbitrary 24 hour cycle anyway, so there's no reason not to have every future crewed mission there use the same one

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago

Can't believe the US is putting trains on the moon before making them viable on Earth

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 7 months ago

i agree. the moon should suffer with all of us.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (69 children)

i still think timezones were a mistake, and that they shouldn't exist period. I have a long thread about this from an earlier post about timezones as well amusingly enough.

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

No link to the article in the picture?

Also, wouldn't it just be simple enough to make the Moon GMT, and be done with it?

Edit: This comment, that has a link to the actual government PDF, says it better than I.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

wouldn't it just be simple enough to make the Moon GMT

You'd think so, but the problem is that because of gravity, clocks on earth and on the moon will very slowly run out of sync. Idk ask Einstein.

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[–] httperror418@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Greenwich Moon Time? I'll see myself out....

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 7 months ago

"Forget it Jake, it's Moontown."

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Please end timezones. We only need one universal one and that's it.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 7 points 7 months ago

Relativity theory enters the chat

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