00:04there's greenwich mean time the eastern and pacific time zones and many many more but soon
00:09scientists will also begin to keep track of what time it is on the moon the white house recently
00:13released a statement saying that nasa is set to unify a new time zone for our lunar neighbor
00:18according to the office of science and technology policies deputy director for national security
00:23steve welby quote as nasa private companies and space agencies around the world launch missions
00:28to the moon mars and beyond it's important that we establish celestial time standards for safety and
00:34accuracy adding that a consistent definition of time among operators in space is critical to
00:40successful space situational awareness capabilities navigation and communications that new time zone
00:46will be dubbed coordinated lunar time or ltc for short and it is expected to be determined ahead of
00:51the 2026 planned lunar landing it will somehow be calculated in relation to coordinated universal
00:57time or utc our earth standard it should aid in helping independent agencies better work together
01:03during joint missions in space as well as helping mission controllers on earth prevent unexpected
01:07communications interruptions with astronauts as humanity eventually colonizes the moon
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