media reports In white house It has been quoted that the purpose of the proposed Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) is to help space missions and increase efficiency. The White House has given NASA a deadline of 2026 to complete this work.
Aarti Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says that a unique time zone is necessary for scientific discovery, economic development and international cooperation.
It is noteworthy that gravity is less on the Moon as compared to the Earth. Because of this, the time there increases by about 58.7 microseconds. The White House also says that to ensure safe navigation in future space missions, it is necessary to have an accurate definition of time inside the Moon’s orbit. That is why NASA has been given a big responsibility.
Till now, America, Russia and China have been the main countries to send missions to the Moon, but last year India created history by landing Chandrayaan-3 mission on the South Pole of the Moon. This year, America has become the first country in the world, where a private company’s lander has landed on the moon. Many more countries and companies are planning to send missions to the moon in the coming years. In such a situation, the existence of Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will help space missions.
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