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Re: [LUG] Space station computers now run on linux
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Space station computers now run on linux
- From: Martijn Grooten <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 11:08:20 +0100
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On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Paul Sutton wrote:
> I wonder what they put in the field
> for timezone, that field is fine here on Earth but in space there are
> no time zones unless the time is sync'd to Houston or wherever mission
> control is based these days.
If you want to be pedantic, you can argue that there is a time zone.
After all, they're only about 250 miles from earth, so it'd be natural
to use the time zone of the nearest point on earth. It's not like
they're on the moon.
It'd be interesting to see how well NTP works with so much latency.
Martijn.
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