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(2 years ago)The White House has announced that it has instructed the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create a time limit for the moon and other celestial troops, while governments and private companies are intensifying the space race. With the United States aiming to set international standards beyond earth's orbit, the Office for [...]
With the United States aiming to set international standards beyond Earth's orbit, the White House's Office for Scientific Policy and Technology (OSTP) has instructed NASA to formulate a plan by the end of 2026 for the standard called Lunar Co-ordinated Time.
While NASA, private companies and other space agencies worldwide are launching missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, it is important to create heavenly time standards for security and accuracy”, said O Deputy Director STP, Steve Welby, through a statement.
He pointed out that the <x0 Echo passes differently” depending on the position in space, citing an example of how time seems to pass slower where gravity is more powerful, as close to heavenly bodies.
A stable definition of time among space operators is essential for successful awareness of the situation in space, navigation and communication”, Welby said.
The goal, the White House said, for Lunar Co-ordinated Time or LTC, is to connect it to the Universal Co-ordination Time (UTC), which is currently the main standard of time used worldwide to regulate time on Earth.
The White House has asked NASA to work with trade, defence, transport departments and the American State Department to create a strategy for creating a time standard that would improve navigation and other operations for missions separately in a space zone between Earth and the moon.
The United States is aiming to return to the moon in 2026, as in 1972 the Apollo 17 mission made the first human landing on this planet. rel
