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International astronomy group joins calls for a lunar clock to keep time on the moon (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Maybe for astronomy, but it seems pointless. If you're shipping a load from Terra to Luna, wouldn't you want all the clocks to be perfectly synchronized? People in the Martian and asteroid colonies aren't going to need to get up at dawn to feed the chickens. One time for the whole solar system. imho