Biden White House Directs NASA to Establish Standard Time Zone on The Moon
On Tuesday, the Biden White House directed NASA to establish a standard time zone on the moon.
In a memo obtained by Reuters, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has instructed NASA to establish a standard of time for the moon and other planets.
The memo stated the U.S. government plans to establish Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) by the end of 2026.
NASA’s space communications and navigation chief, Kevin Coggins, shared that a Coordinated Lunar Time is needed because “The same clock that we have on Earth would move at a different rate on the moon.”
Exclusive: The White House directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies,
