[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

[Greg Hennessy]

> Here's one way to consider the question. In the 1960's when

> leap seconds were first proposed how many astronomers and

> how many DUT1-impacted telescope installations were there?


I don't consider this a valid way of considering the question, since
there are many people other than astronomers who care if lack of leap
seconds eventually means "noon" is in the middle of the night.