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White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
(www.reuters.com)
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"[...] 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
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.
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 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.