What time is it on the moon? Researchers are working on ways to find out. ESA navigation system engineer Pietro Giordano said: 'We agreed on the importance and urgency of defining a common lunar reference time which is internationally accepted'
Most of us have at some point stopped to gaze up at the moon - but have you ever wondered what time it is up there?
Space organisations began discussions about lunar time-keeping at the ESA's ESTEC technology centre in the Netherlands in November 2022. Just as GPS systems on Earth require precise coordination and timing, so too will any infrastructure that is built and operated on the moon.NASA's Gateway station will serve as a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the moon when it begins operating sometime after November 2024.Meanwhile, the ESA will be putting down its own Argonaut lander on the moon.
Their exact rate depends on their position on the moon, ticking at a different speed on the lunar surface than when they are in orbit.
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