[LEAPSECS] You think we've got problems...

[Rob Seaman]

On Feb 10, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Steve Allen wrote:


> On Fri 2012-02-10T17:54:28 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ:

>>      http://www.universetoday.com/93494/is-venus-rotation-slowing-down/

> 

> We need a Venus lander which can remain in operation for a year while

> delta VLBI measurements are made of its transmissions.


Apparently we'll need it to last a few decades or centuries.


> In other news, folks who need to keep track of sunshine on the Mars

> rover might want to patronize

> http://www.executivejewelers.com/jewelscart2000/store/jewelscart2000_listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=10


Or for the Martian Nevil Maskelynes among us:

	http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/rover/mars.sundial.lh.html


> but the real tear jerker of the day is how leap seconds might be

> related to the lack of births of virtual pony babies


Words have finally failed me.

Rob