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The White House announced Tuesday it is directing NASA to create a unified time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies, as governments and private companies increasingly compete in space.
The White House directed NASA to establish a standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies as it aims to set international norms in space.
NASA has been directed to create a standard time zone for the moon to make sure communications are synchronised and data transfers in space are secure. But the same clock on Earth would move differently on the moon - making the time zone both vital and complicated to develop.
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.
The Biden Administration has called on NASA to develop a standard time zone for the Moon as it pushes ahead with a cislunar science and technology