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Though there's a sense of the word "dark" that means it's unseen or that we are ignorant of it. Like "to leave someone in the dark", to "go dark" in communicati
by Tao3300 2y ago
Though there's a sense of the word "dark" that means it's unseen or that we are ignorant of it. Like "to leave someone in the dark", to "go dark" in communication, or a "dark match" in pro-wrestling (it happens but isn't broadcast and doesn't effect storylines).
Might be too much to hope for, but he could just mean it's always dark to us.
I'm getting of a kick out of this Trone calling it the "backside of a moon" and chewing on his glasses. Ain't no nerd. Tell me wut these Chinese is doing on the backside of the moon and leave the spacey mumbo jumbo out of it.
- idlewords 2y agoThe linked clip is pretty unequivocal, if you watch it. Nelson says: "They are going to have a lander on the far side of the moon, which is the side that is always in dark. We're not planning to go there."
- Tao3300 2y agoYeah, I watched it. I can hear it both ways. I don't know his mind or lack thereof, only that he hasn't necessarily spoken wrongly in that phrase I could see governmental types having a colloquial use of the word at times like these that doesn't mean "it's always in the literal absence of light".
- asmithmd1 2y agoDid you watch the video? He also says, “we don’t know what’s on the back side of the moon” I guess we have decided to elect political representatives are just egotistical camera whores, but why should the top decision maker at a technical agency be a complete idiot who is ignorant about many things the agency he runs has done? It would be like the head of the air force saying airplanes fly because of flubber
- Tao3300 2y agoDo we have something in place to monitor the far side? We don't have a visual on it like we do the near side. Yeah, we've flown around it, imaged it in the past. Nothing ongoing though. If you think about it in a national security sense instead of an astronomical one, the question is "what is a rival power up to", then indeed it is dark and unknown. Mind I only watched from the timestamp, I might have missed something and this guy is a complete shit for brains.
- asmithmd1 2y agoYes, this has been observing the moon, both near and far side since 2009 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter I don’t see how any NASA employee, who ultimately work for him, could have any respect for his ability to make strategic decisions for NASA
- Tao3300 2y agoThanks for sharing. 1. That's awesome 2. Yeah, he's a doofus.