What time is it on moon? Europe pushing for lunar time zone

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(AP) — With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone. The idea came up during a meeting in the Netherlands late last year, with participants agreeing on the urgent need to establish “a common lunar reference time,” said the space agency’s Pietro Giordano, a navigation system engineer. “But having established a working time system for the moon, we can go on to do the same for other planetary destinations

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