Earth’s Clock Will No Longer To Work On The Moon; NASA Will Create A New Time Zone

Another new chapter is going to be added soon in the field of scientific research. Soon the moon will have its own time zone, which will be completely according to the geography there. It is learned that US President Joe Biden has entrusted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the task of developing a timekeeping system suitable for the environmental conditions of the Moon. There is no doubt that this new time system will prove to be a milestone in itself.

Actually, due to less gravity on the Moon, time passes a little faster there. This makes a difference of 58.7 micro seconds every day. This can be a major problem in terms of astronomical calculations, but now work has started to get rid of it. Sharing information about the new effort, NASA’s communications and navigation chief Kevin Coggins said, ‘It makes sense that when you go to another body like the Moon or Mars, the heartbeat is different everywhere’. In the past, during lunar missions, astronauts used to depend on traditional watches. However, modern GPS, satellite technologies, and complex computer and communications systems require more precise timekeeping. When high-tech systems interact, even microseconds matter. In such a situation, it has become very important to develop a new time zone according to the conditions there on the Moon.

Know the Deadline

Kevin Coggins said that according to the deadline set by the White House, this ambitious project calls for preliminary planning by the end of 2024 and the final strategy by the end of 2026. Although determining the beginning of space time is a big challenge in itself, NASA is ready to face this challenge. First the agency will have to understand the complexities of time measurement and then work on it can move forward. Along with this, he also made it clear that the International Space Station will maintain its use of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).