aeusoes1 t1_jace6fs wrote
I think 56 microseconds a day, or 1 second every 489 years, is not really going to be an appreciable difference to really constitute a challenge.
PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET t1_jacgcd9 wrote
Alright everyone, time for the bi-millenial leap second adjustment. Everyone prepare yourselves!
orbitaldan t1_jaek7ia wrote
It's not about the human-perceived clocks. It's about the hyper-precision clocks necessary to do things involving radio timing. That's critical to -- or even the very foundation of -- a lot of technologies we take for granted, like rapid communications, radio positioning systems, or accurately tracking orbiting bodies.
Cnoized t1_jackiqp wrote
When you are hurtling around a cellestial body at several miles per second it makes small differences in time important.
aeusoes1 t1_jacotbc wrote
I guess it depends on if we are setting up Lunar colonies or just sending robots over.
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