On Sat 2018-02-17T18:46:11-0800 Paul Eggert hath writ:
The whole idea of time transfer between Mars and Earth brings into stark relief what an easy job it is to track civil timekeeping on Earth, compared to how it would be elsewhere. And Mars is an easy case. Someone should alert Elon Musk.
He knows, he's launching it on the next Falcon Heavy https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30544.0 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-tests-atomic-clock-for-deep-s... https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/deep-space-atomic-clock-dsac/ -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m