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NASA Scientists Get Custom 24h39m-per-day Watches

Posted by timothy on from the private-sale-or-tax-money-I-wonder dept.

blair1q writes "In order to more easily keep solar time on Mars, (or maybe just as a lark) JPL has ordered specially-modified mechanical watches for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. One wonders why these literal rocket scientists didn't just get a software programmable Linux or PalmOS based wrist-computer and hack together a Mars-time display application into it?"

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  1. 09876543wegu7896 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mars-time display ... what is it.. is it a scam or is it a hoax?

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  7. Re:Useless, but... by shepd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >In long, you're a bit too tight assed... It's a joke, Mortimer :)

    Ok, ok. :-)

    Try adding a smiley next time -- it might keep people who have boring day jobs (like me) from replying.

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