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January 18th 04, 08:34 PM
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An interesting watchmaking article from the NASA web site
Seems the folks on the mars rover project wanted watches that read in =
local mars time. The mars day is 39 minutes longer than earth's day, which = apparently presents a problem in this day and age of quartz controlled watches that accuratly give us exactly 24 hour days... . I found this story on the = NASA web site. Kinda fun.. =20 http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotl..._20040108.html cheers Peter 
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January 19th 04, 05:44 PM
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That's great! Bet the watch companies that turned them down are kicking
themselves now for not thinking about the PR factor. ; ) SES --=20 http://www.metalcyberspace.com Listen to the Universe and Dance to the Rhythm of it-*SES*
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January 20th 04, 12:14 AM
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Hi Peter,
Fun story and site. I am going to find it hard to get on the computer now my son has seen it. Chris
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