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What we really should start to think about is the Interplanetary Time and how to handle time properly across different planets and moons in our system, namely M
by xvilka 3y ago
What we really should start to think about is the Interplanetary Time and how to handle time properly across different planets and moons in our system, namely Mars and Moon, as there's extensive robotic presence already and soon human colony, hopefully.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoMars has had a prime meridian longer than the earth has, and I think most people just take the L on not being able to divide each sol evenly into hours. Anyone who's worked with hardware that's on mars runs on mars time already, so they can make the most of when the sun's up there.
- bitmasher9 3y agoI also think it’s interesting to build more concise language around how speed/gravity impacts time. It might be nice to assume a central reference point such as London and say “This probe experienced 1000 days, but 1010 days passed in London” with shorthand similar to current timezone notation.
- Terr_ 3y agoOh that's easy, you give up because of relativistic effects and transmission time. :p Or anyway, you give up asking questions like "It's a nice morning here on Earth, I wonder if now is a good time to send a hollow message to Europa station?"
- skissane 3y agoI think it is too early to spend much time thinking about time standards for Mars/etc, because whatever we may cook up now, by the time humans actually get there, those humans may discover that what we thought they would need isn’t what they actually need
- WithinReason 3y agoEvery watch everywhere displays 2 times: local solar time (with time zones) and UTC. Earth too. After a while people get used to UTC and we can have global time.