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"[...] instructed the space agency to work with other parts of the U.S. government to devise a plan by the end of 2026 for setting what it called a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)."
You people just hate acronyms that make sense, don't you
It’s because the French and the English can’t allow the other to win, so we use a third option
yet another item on the list of things I blame the French for
They didn't want it to be pronounced clit? Shoulda called it lunar coordinated time.
I'm guessing it's to stay standardised with the UTC terminology.
I am campaigning for LTU then... Uncoordinated Lunar Time, then people on the moon can do what they want whenever they damn well feel like it.