[Windcatcher]

A 3ms change in the earth's spin rate will likely play h*ll with all manner of satellite tracking and timing, including GPS, I would imagine. I can only imagine all the software changes and adjustments that will have to be made for all of the satellites the world uses.

[Windcatcher]

I meant to say 3us rate change...

[nhoward14]

You know what that means to me... an economic spike in the tech sector as all the out of work software engineers are hired to fix all the programs.... maybe.

[RadioAstronomer]

A 3ms change in the earth's spin rate will likely play h*ll with all manner of satellite tracking and timing, including GPS, I would imagine. I can only imagine all the software changes and adjustments that will have to be made for all of the satellites the world uses.

Not at all. The Earth's rotation is changing constantly anyway.