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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies

FOUND: Moon standard time nasa to create lunar centric time reference system - You Need To See This

Gorgeous full pink moon in sky beyond a clock tower.
The moon rises in Prattville, Alabama, on 22 June 2013. Photograph: Dave Martin/AP

The White House wants Nasa to figure out how to tell time on the moon.

A memo sent on Tuesday from the head of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has asked the space agency to work with other US agencies and international agencies to establish a moon-centric time reference system. Nasa has until the end of 2026 to set up what is being called Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).

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