White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.com jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) Space • 3 months ago message-square22arrow-up148
arrow-up148external-linkWhite House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.com jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) Space • 3 months ago message-square22
minus-square archonet ( @archonet@lemy.lol ) linkfedilink11•3 months 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 ( @jak@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink8•3 months agoIt’s because the French and the English can’t allow the other to win, so we use a third option
minus-square archonet ( @archonet@lemy.lol ) linkfedilink2•3 months agoyet another item on the list of things I blame the French for
minus-square wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoI’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
minus-square Quexotic ( @Quexotic@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoThey didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
“[…] 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
I’m guessing it’s to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
They didn’t want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.