China Launches Satellite To Explore Dark Side of Moon (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:25AM from the up,-up,-and-away dept.

China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official Xinhua news agency said. From a report: Citing the China National Space Administration, Xinhua said the satellite was launched at 5:28 a.m. (2128 GMT Sunday) on a Long March-4C rocket from the Xichang launch center in the southwest of the country. "The launch is a key step for China to realize its goal of being the first country to send a probe to soft-land on and rove the far side of the moon," Xinhua quoted Zhang Lihua, manager of the relay satellite project, as saying.

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"DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" by Mattcelt · 2018-05-21 05:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Dark" side of the moon? In this day and age, seriously?? Even the translation of China's press release correctly refers to it as the FAR side of the moon, which actually gets slightly MORE light than the near side!
1. Re:"DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" by cayenne8 · 2018-05-21 05:35 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  There is no dark side of the moon really....
  'matter of fact, it's all dark....thump thump....thump thump....thump thump.....
  
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  Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
2. Re:"DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" by djh101010 · 2018-05-21 05:43 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  It's just a Pink Floyd quote. Calm your tits, man.