Exactly: once we have a Moon base, it won't be hard to send technicians to the dark side to repair the radio telescope there. They'll be sending people to the

Exactly: once we have a Moon base, it won't be hard to send technicians to the dark side to repair the radio telescope there. They'll be sending people to the dark side anyway to deal with the nuclear waste dump there. Unfortunately, we'll lose both when an accident at the dump turns it into a giant rocket and propels the Moon out of the solar system.