[time-nuts] The forbidden question

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

The article cited below gives some examples of what Optical Lattice 
Clocks (OLC) would be useful for:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6905489

Rick N6RK

On 6/4/2019 9:43 AM, William H. Fite wrote:
> 
> What useful purpose, if any, is served by the continuing evolution of
> clocks like NIST-F2 that now achieve accuracy along the lines of one second
> per many billions of years? Are there tangible benefits to be had? I
> consulted an astronomer friend who advised that the current generation of