How Do You Tell Time On Mars?
Sunrise At Gale Crater The sun rises over Gale Crater on Mars, the future home of the newest Mars rover, Curiosity. Rover scientists will upload commands overnight - Mars time - so the rover can start its day bright and early. NASA/JPLSynchronizing rovers on Mars with their drivers on Earth is a bit of a challenge When NASA's new Mars rover lands on the Red Planet this summer, it's safe to assume it'll be sometime in the morning or early afternoon at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, home of the rover science and engineering teams. So that means it'll be mid-afternoon on the East Coast, evening in Europe, and so on - pretty easy to figure out the time zones. But what time will it be on Mars? What time zone will Curiosity live in -- and how can you even tell? Timekeeping on Mars is a bit like telling...