Reportedly, this order from US authorities is aimed at ensuring the synchronization and security of data transfer as earth time lags behind lunar time by an average of 58.7 microseconds per day. Therefore, deviations and subsequent malfunctions periodically occur.
NASA must submit a plan to implement the project by the end of 2026. Additionally, lunar time will need to be standardized by analogy with terrestrial time. On our planet, time zones are standardized by UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is based on atomic clocks at different points on Earth. If necessary, atomic clocks will appear on the Moon.
Source: Ferra
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