A round table discussion on Interplanetary communication & time dilation

- How does a quartz crystal help manage time in wrist watches?
- Why did we need Atomic clocks?
- What is time dilation? and why do we need to worry about it ?
- How do we adjust for/synchronize clocks between earth and it's orbiting satellites?
- Do things differ when communicating with a geo synchronous satellites?
- How about inter satellite communication (orbiting around same target[Earth])
- How would a system like Starlink manage realtime calculation of shortest path to and fro? What role does time-dilation play in such a system if any?
- Atomic clocks on satellites(GPS)

How does accounting for time dilation differ when communicating from earth to a Mars satellite?

These are only a few of the questions we have, we wouldn't necessarily have all the answers but we hope to have a informed discussion.

Reading material:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation
- https://www.gps.gov/applications/timing/
-https://physicscentral.com/explore/writers/will.cfm
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228995942_Time_Management_System_for_Satellite_Positioning_System_using_Quasi-Zenith_Satellites

- Chapter 3 (sec 3.4) of ("Distributed Computing Principles Algorithms and Systems by Ajay D Kshemkalyani & Mukesh Singhal")[1]
- Fundamentals of Distributed Computing: A Practical Tour of Vector Clock Systems by Roberto Baldoni

You should read up on the reference material above, people who go through the reading material may be able to have a more fruitful discussion.

[1]: https://www.amazon.in/Distributed-Computing-South-Asian-Principles/dp/1107648904?tag=googinhydr18418-21&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=_k_CjwKCAjwx_boBRA9EiwA4kIELrTKsvAESbjO42ETZQlLNrvbO7vU4Rnu1sMoKKJFckoX3CBrsyt1ahoCm90QAvD_BwE_k_&gclid=CjwKCAjwx_boBRA9EiwA4kIELrTKsvAESbjO42ETZQlLNrvbO7vU4Rnu1sMoKKJFckoX3CBrsyt1ahoCm90QAvD_BwE