On Aug 10, 11:17*pm, wrote:
On Aug 8, 8:47*am, (J R) wrote:

I thought Father Time invented Time.
cuhulin

Egypt,Sumer etc . all had calendars and sundials . Nothing unusual
here ; standard time was imperative/mandatory/necessary for
navigational purposes --hence England and GMT *.

-*BTW, what type of clocks are good enough
- for space travel ?

For the USA it used to be Bulova Accutrons
in the Spacecraft; and Omega Speedmasters
on the Wrists of the Astronauts.

iirc ~ RHF

On 08/11/2011 05:40 AM, RHF wrote:

- BTW, what type of clocks are good enough
- for space travel ?

For the USA it used to be Bulova Accutrons
in the Spacecraft; and Omega Speedmasters
on the Wrists of the Astronauts.

you can get a nice cesium clock that'll fit in a couple rack spaces
these days. I have a wild quartz clock that has kept perfect time for 23
years. It has a Westminster chime that synchronizes perfectly with the
Beeb's Five Pips. My Casio goes beepbeep right in the middle.