[tz] Sol 5000 for Opportunity

[Steve Allen]

On Sat 2018-02-17T18:46:11-0800 Paul Eggert hath writ:
> The whole idea of time transfer between Mars and Earth brings into stark
> relief what an easy job it is to track civil timekeeping on Earth, compared
> to how it would be elsewhere. And Mars is an easy case. Someone should alert
> Elon Musk.

He knows, he's launching it on the next Falcon Heavy
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30544.0
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-tests-atomic-clock-for-deep-space-navigation
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/deep-space-atomic-clock-dsac/

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