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Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 03:09:55 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> 
> You do realize that the "dark side of the Moon" is not really dark, 
> right?
>

What prompts this utterly ridiculous comment???

You do realize that the "dark side" is only a common name for
that particular lunar hemisphere, and it originally referred
to the fact that it was largely unseen and unknown, and hence
"dark."

(Note: The Dark Ages is another name for the medieval historical
period not because the sun failed to shine during that time but
because knowledge of the period was scanty.)

(Note: Africa was known as the Dark Continent not because of its
colored inhabitants but because it was little known by European
civilization.)

Another common name for that lunar hemisphere is the "far" side.

However, the lunar dark side, or far side, or "whatever" side, is
an ideal location for astronomical observations, and especially
radio astronomy, because it is exquisitely shielded from terrestrial
EM emanations.  So it is truly radio dark.

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  Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-20 19:04 -0500
    Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-21 06:02 +0000
      Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-08-21 03:09 -0400
        Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-21 18:23 +0000
          Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-08-24 02:26 -0400
        Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-21 18:53 +0000
      Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 08:43 -0400
      Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-21 08:24 -0500
        Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-21 18:33 +0000
          Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-21 14:09 -0500
      Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 09:04 -0700
        Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 12:23 -0400
        Re: GRAND plans for new neutrino observatory "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-21 09:42 -0700

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