Wendy Zukerman
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Maybe going to Mars just feels like part of the same pissing contest.
And it's starting to feel like what we really need is a giant toilet roll on the moon.
Well, guess what?
We found one.
And turns out it's one of the best reasons we've heard to go back to the moon.
One of its biggest cheerleaders is Greg Hallinan, a professor of astronomy at Caltech.
And he wants to put a telescope on the moon, on the far side, to be specific.
That's the side that's always facing away from us.
And Greg and his team are so amped about this that they actually named their telescope FARSIDE.
But it's an acronym.
It stands for...
Are you looking it up?
Did I know it off by heart?
It is called the Farsight Array for Radio Science Investigations of the Dark Ages and Exoplanets.
Wait, what is it again?
It's the... Farsight Array for Radio Science Investigations of the Dark Ages and Exoplanets.
As bad as the acronym is, it's going to look great.
Greg sent me a picture.
Okay, here we go.
Can you see that okay?