[tz] Timekeeping in the news

Alan Mintz alan.mintz at gmail.com
Wed Dec 25 01:48:52 UTC 2019


Oops. The correct NYT link for the 11 hours:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/science/boeing-starliner-landing.html .

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 5:46 PM Alan Mintz <alan.mintz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the NYT article that mentions the 11 hours:
> https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43958.860 and an
> interesting (though "armchair") analysis, noting that the mission countdown
> started at T-11 hours:
> https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43958.860 .
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 4:42 PM Marshall Eubanks <
> marshall.eubanks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It was a time transfer error - the mission elapsed time clock was off
>> by 11 hours because it took the wrong time from the Atlas at
>> separation. They were very lucky not to lose the spacecraft.
>>
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/something-went-wrong-with-the-starliner-spacecrafts-first-flight/
>>
>> Regards
>> Marshall Eubanks
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 4:15 PM Arthur David Olson
>> <arthurdavidolson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > "Boeing Starliner Ends Up In Wrong Orbit After Clock Problem."
>> >
>> > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/science/boeing-starliner-launch.html
>> >
>> >     @dashdashado
>>
>
>
> --
> Alan Mintz <Alan.Mintz at gMail.com>
>


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Alan Mintz <Alan.Mintz at gMail.com>
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