Space organizations across the world suggest Moon should have its own time zone. It will be necessary given that there are dozens of lunar missions planned in the coming decade.
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Lunar time standardization
As ESA puts it, a common timezone on the Moon would pave the way for lunar missions to "synch up, interoperate and self-navigate."
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Challenges
However, there are a number of challenges. The team will have to decide if the lunar time has to be synchronized to Earth or not. Further, clocks on the Moon run faster than on Earth.
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Timezone in Space
In the end, the common lunar time zone that the team comes up with will have to be practical for astronauts.
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Current operations
Until now, every lunar missionhas been operating at its own timescale exported from Earth.