Time for Kiddush Levana on Mars
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Question
It seems that in the coming years, a human settlement will develop on Mars. I wanted to ask when they will bless the renewal of the moon there. After Rosh Chodesh on Earth or at the beginning of the month according to the Mars horizon?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
The site deals with halachic questions. For now, the question is theoretical and not practical.
In very brief: when a person is in flight, the times are determined by the place over which he is located, but in a permanent stay in space, he certainly does not belong to a specific point on Earth.
See on topics like this: Maadanei Shlomo, Teshuvot VeHanhagot, part 5, Yeshiv Yitzchak, part 44, and other books that have discussed similar issues.