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[–] 21 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

They might mean "see the far side of the moon (in its entirety) with human eyes."

Apollo missions were way closer to the moon so they didn't see the entire disk. They only saw a small portion of the moon from their orbital height.

Here is a pic from Apollo 11 which is representative of the viewpoint from all the other mission as well.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    No humans have been this far away enough from the far side of the moon to take a full on photo (or seen in full with the naked eye).

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I hope they bring back some alien horror souvenirs. We could use some good news these days.

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  • [–] -5 points 7 months ago

    No surprise. Trump made sure all of these agencies are led by morons.

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