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Giving the Moon a Lunar time zone

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As crazy at this sounds, there’s actually some logic to it

Have you ever wanted to go into space?

Whether you do or don’t – intergalactic travel is in Vogue and it probably won’t be long until commercial flights to a galaxy far, far away depart on a regular basis.

This has prompted calls from the European Space Agency to give the Moon its own time zone.

As crazy at this sounds, there’s actually some logic to it.

With dozens of lunar missions on the horizon, it’s important to standardise how we measure time on the Moon so we can avoid departure and arrival chaos.

But how close are we to establishing such a timezone and is commercial space travel really ready for lift-off?

Dr Brad Tucker details the relevance of it all.

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