This week, the White House tasked NASA with creating a standard time zone on the moon. According to USA Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has asked NASA to establish a unified standard time for the moon and other celestial bodies, starting with the moon by creating a Coordinated Lunar Time by the end of 2026.
If you’re looking for more context on this matter, please consider Scott Pace, a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Director of the Space Policy Institute, Director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and Director of the MA International Science and Technology Policy program at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Pace rejoined the faculty of the GW Elliott School of International Affairs in 2021 after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council from 2017-2020. He previously served as the Associate Administrator for Program Analysis and Evaluation at NASA from 2005-2008 and Deputy Chief of Staff for the NASA Administrator from 2002-2003. Prior to NASA, he was the Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Pace’s research interests include civil, commercial, and national security space policy, and the management of technical innovation. Pace says precision time on the moon is important to creating an interplanetary internet.
If you would like to speak with Prof. Pace, please contact GW Media Relations at gwmedia
gwu [dot] edu (gwmedia[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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