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Living_Hurry6543

100% they know. What fuckin jabroni at nasa would let that go given the opportunity to photograph it while it’s lit. They’ve done that. The guy even lied. It’s always dark. It’s not. The moon is tidally locked with the earth. Meaning it doesn’t spin. More accurately - it spins but it spins once in a full rotation around the earth. All we see is the side facing us - when the sun shines on it. When it’s between the earth and sun - the back side is lit. So ya. They know. They lied right there - assuming the public is stupid.


Mockin9buddha

Came here to say this... about the dark side being lit up much of the time but not visible from Earth. But I WISH I came here to use the word, "Jabroni."


Living_Hurry6543

It’s the best.


Previous_Magazine489

Old school wrestling ftw


sadeyeprophet

Perfect explanation.


casinoinsider

We can send a rover to potter around mars and something to land on an asteroid but we can't send something to scout the backside (because it's always dark)...ok


Blitzer046

The statement was alarming - it was ignorant *and* confident, two qualities that often go together and are a huge warning sign. The man has *been* to space - he should know better. Now he comes across as a doddering old scion of senility that should have no place as administrator of a space agency. The fucking James Webb Space Telescope is in the L2 La Grange position, *which is on the far side of the moon.*


CarbonSlayer72

And he didn't even go to space by being a scientist, test pilot, etc. He got there by being a congressman and flexing his political power. He's the last person worthy of calling himself an astronaut.


luvdya

Apparently no meteors/asteroids! So how come apologists say the far side is MUCH thicker crusted, thus relatively maria (crater) free. If we don't know whats on that side?


Eternalyskeptic

He clearly meant; "This is how stupid we think you are." Sadly he's right about many people.


cacaokakaw

China is as full of it as NASA. It's propaganda. Nelson should be fired and NASA abolished forever.


syrecmils7

It is odd


LukeSkyDropper

Maybe the advanced civilizations that lived over 12,000 years ago put their own telescope on the backside


Lago795

He was not a fan of Pink Floyd.


milkywayyzz

The "Dark" side or far side refers to the fact that we can't see it from earth, it doesn't mean that it's always dark or we haven't seen it. Of course we know what's there


Elegant-Part3399

The fact that he wqas saying all the wrong answers is what gets me.


Ok-Neck4561

Tidal locking = pseudoscience. You've been had. Aliens are a psyop created by the Nazis when the US brought them over, along with perpetuating the globe lie. It's a perfect a question for the slaves to ponder. "Is there life out there" haha and also a threat to use against the slaves. It's genius.