@jarfil@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org • 1 year agoWhite House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.commessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
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minus-square@archonet@lemy.lollinkfedilink11•1 year 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-square@jak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink8•1 year agoIt’s because the French and the English can’t allow the other to win, so we use a third option
minus-square@archonet@lemy.lollinkfedilink2•1 year agoyet another item on the list of things I blame the French for
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘuplinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThey didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
minus-square@wahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoI’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
minus-squarePolitical Custardlinkfedilink4•1 year 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
They didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
I’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
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.