Silly question

[Smoke2much]

Definition of Quantum = Add a zero.

T Pratchett

Will

[Paz]

 Anyone happen to know what time it is at the south pole?

[Smoke2much]

Now? 17.57 hrs at E1 S180 LOL

Will

[Paz]

Now? 17.57 hrs at E1 S180 LOL

Will

 Yep, that's what I thought.

[Rifleman]

Thats all well and good, but what about the north pole ?...............is it 12 hrs opposite due to the 23.5 degree inclination of the earths axis ?

[stormy]

oh my god.. the guy askes a simple question .. and he gets.. a years worth of school. i'm runninggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg out of this post fastttttttttttttttttttttttttt .  ;D
Can you tell I hated school.........

[Woodlouse2002]

If I may add another thing. The South Pole hasn't always been the South Pole. Several times in the history of the planet, the magnetic poles have reversed. We are currently entering another reversal stage. I guess Australia will become known as the "Land Up Up Top" and Canada will be known as the "Great White South". Of course this process is very slow. Another interesting thing about this phenomenon is during the process, North and South neutralize each other. This means that for a short time, Earth will have no magnetic field. Would be neat to watch birds flying in circles.

When this happens I want to be the first to get to one of the new poles....

[geezer]

I knew of a jarhead 130 pilot who did some time with the folks who explore down there and he maintained they use zulu time. Of course we all used zulu time so it was no big deal thinking about it.

Of course you have to wonder where does zulu time end and the dateline time begin...

[Professor Brensec]

Yo Geezer, what exactly is 'Zulu' time. I've seen the term used on 'Jag' the TV show, so I presumed it was 'Pentagon time' or 'Washington time'. Is it?

Secondly. A question. I'm told that because of the intense magnetic field at both Poles, aircraft and GPS instruments etc go haywire, once you near them.

If this is the case, how would you know if you were at the Pole? With no instruments and compasses not working etc. It would be difficult.

(This is actually a question I was asked in an IQ/Psycological test about twenty years ago. I remember I said "you could use a Sextant and the Stars".
I don't know if I was right on that particular question (but i did well enough).
Other than that I suppose, you could have a second party with radar to tell you when you were there.
That would work, I suppose.

Sorry, just pondering out loud.

The Mrs thinks I'm genuinely crazy because I talk to myself. I do, all the time. I answer myself too.
Well it's the only way I can be sure I'm getting an honest answer!...................

If my IQ/Psycological testers could see that remark, they might review their assessment...............lol  ;D

[Polynomial]

[quote]

Secondly. A question. I'm told that because of the intense magnetic field at both Poles, aircraft and GPS instruments etc go haywire, once you near them.



If my IQ/Psycological testers could see that remark, they might review their assessment...............lol

[Craig.]

zulu time is another name for GMT. thats why for instance when in flight sim it could be 10am local new york, but the ATIS will say 16:00zulu

[Polynomial]

zulu time is another name for GMT. thats why for instance when in flight sim it could be 10am local new york, but the ATIS will say 16:00zulu

I did an air traffic control course through cadets and for your information GMT time no longer exists.  It is called UTC time and that stands for Universal Coordinated Time (The abbrieviation may seem back to front thats cuz it is based off the French words).  But yes in essence, UTC is GMT is Zulu.

[BFMF]

It makes sense that UTC time is used on antarctica, but why wasn't it used by astronauts on the moon......

My best guess would be because they just stuck with Eastern time and didn't want to bother with changing their clocks constantly while orbiting the earth???

[Polynomial]

Maybe we should just ask NASA but ur probably right.

[Professor Brensec]

Thanks for the info Craig and PolyN. I've never really paid any attention to the clocks and radios and beams etc. I don't have a manual, the FS was given to me so I don't have instructions about the lessons etc.

As far as the Astronauts are concerned, I don't think it matters what time it is when you leave Earth. It would be more for the benefit of 'Mission Control' and schedules etc. So whatever is convenient would work well enough.

Hey Polyn. I think you're going to win next years Competition with that Signature. I think it's GGRREEAATT.

I'm not into modern aircraft much at all, but I do recognise and love my F16.  ;D