Mission Time

well, there not on earth, so their days must be 36hr+ long where they are.... i think

that would be 19 days, not 18

maybe that bot is counting 24 HR cycle and anything short is just added to previous.

i say Davids clock was in bad need of a simple calibration ; dont know ,,,i never heard it the first time , but the 2nd showing,, i did ( after reading it here) ,,but wait ,,,,, watch the extended DVD, and it will have it corrected

No matter how complicated or creative, I don't think there is any way to get to a place where that can make sense. And I very much doubt they would calculate their journey time based on the cycle of a planet they've just that minute touched down on. As far as I can make out, it's just another example of sloppy.

...screenwriters... can't shoot them.. or teach them proofreading skills...

updated the OP with another time based puzzle

repairs and makeup, l33pstick time for noomi is included XD

like i said ,,the extended DVD will be corrected

Snorks: Well spotted. Lindelof doesn't know how to read the time either... he is always... LOST in time

All this week is lost in the Bermuda Triangle ... Lindelof Rules: p ... but it sure appears in the blue ray

but as a temporary explanation ... a wizard did it XD

Shambhala: MAGIC.......

LOL David yeah and I remembered your Lindelof meme XDD (that of the rainbow) and btw MAGIC sound like a funny song lol Lindelost you did it again :pp

Interesting... Perhaps an LV-223 day is a week of Earth time. Maybe that is why Holloway wanted to get started as soon as they got there- HeHee!

well 1 week on earth equal to 1 day on ship? lol how that works?

Perhaps it took a week to put David back together, actually make their way into another ship without mapping aids or such. And then, figure out how to program the ship, adapt the cryo-sleep chamber for Shaw, get fuel.. And so on. Would have made the movie way too long... But I'm not being serious at all!

In our own solar system, Mars has something like a two Earth year long orbit. I don't really know about how long a Martian day is in Earth time. I posited (humorously of course) that the rotation of the planet LV-223 takes a week of Earth time. MAJOR jet lag!!

@ aircraftfixer, as someone already stated why would they base their time on a moon they had only just arrived on? They wouldn't.

Geez! I am saying that "they" ARE are using Earth time. A "DAY" on LV-223 is ONE WEEK worth of Earth time- the clock they are working with. The Prometheus arrives before dark and the expedition goes forth the first time. The following dawn, the expedition goes out a second time. But it is ridiculous that "overnight" on LV-223 would be half a week of Earth time. I apologize if I have upset anyone or seemed to use sarcasm. I intended only to play on allinamberclad's post.