On 2020-02-06 7:28 AM, Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) wrote:
Hello all,
The fundamental answer / constraint to all questions of engineering,
including temporal engineering, is funding. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
"Time" is a vast topic, pretty much as big as "space". Precision
timekeeping topics are only somewhat smaller in practical terms since
issues of anthropology and philosophy, etc., that may be far afield in
other kinds of engineering, remain remarkably pertinent.
Funding falls into per-project and per-community responsibilities.
Per-project, the engineering requirements related to timekeeping are
remarkably diverse. You can read about the resulting timekeeping
solution we implemented in support of our Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)
survey (https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01370), but the precise mix of
ingredients varies even between astronomical observatories. The short
answer, per-project, is that organizations should plan and budget for
timekeeping just as with any other critical infrastructure.
Rob,
I think that's a terrific and interesting article. Thanks.
-Brooks
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