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It's time to mentally prepare yourselves for this (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So, I read something on this a little while ago. It has to do with the moon's weaker gravity making time progress at a different rate, so the lunar time zone gives a precise reference for sub-second (nanosecond I guess?) precision manoeuvres and such like.

[โ€“] Shampiss@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The time dilation on the surface of the moon would cause a clock to be 20 milliseconds ahead of a clock on earth after one year

it might be easier just to synchronize the space station clock with earth once a month, but I guess NASA would go for nanosecond precision if they could