China launching lunar spacecraft to test growing plants on the dark side of the Moon

[Barradeno]

@tyger11

Technically, the far side of the Moon gets MORE sunlight as the Earth is never in the way of the Sun when the far side of the Moon is facing the sun, unlike the near side.

And also it is closer to the Sun when it is lit, getting more illumination in average than the near side.

[RickMycroft]

@pesco

One of (the experiments) will test whether potato and thale-cress (Arabidopsis) seeds sprout

Perhaps they can help with the Martian Potato Famine?

[Sludge]

This is reminiscent of the plot to Battlezone I.

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

Between this and the remake of The Time Machine, I’m hoping they keep the explosions to a minimum.