[Rurudyne]

They are going there because the can’t be (easily) watched.

[telescope115]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/

[Eleutheria5]

Putting up a notice on the dark side of the moon: “Attention: Aliens! Come on in! We have lots of guei with stupid brains inside soft skulls. Delicious! We are giving them away. Make great slaves, if you are not hungry.

[Elsie]

NASA administrator has ‘no idea’ why China is going to far side of moon that is ‘always in dark’

Where to start?!

[deks]

RE: They are going there because they can’t be (easily) watched.
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That was my first thought too. I wonder if the LRO could snap some photos...

LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) was the first U.S. mission to the Moon in over 10 years [launched June 18, 2009]. LRO created a 3D map of the Moon, as part of a program to identify future landing sites and resources – including deposits of water ice shadowed in polar craters. LRO continues to orbit the Moon.

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lro/