 What makes the far side of the moon intolerable?
There is nothing like it on Earth, of course. When it was first found, scientists descended into it to examine the exposed rock-strata and learn the history of the Moon before its craters were made. There were air-tight bulkheads for safety, and a hydroponic garden to keep the air fresh, and all sorts of things to make life possible for men under if not on the Moon. In the Moon's slight gravity, a man is really adjusted to existence when he has a well-developed case of agoraphobia. The sun rose very, very slowly in what by convention was called the east. Otherwise, he was wholly matter-of-fact—certainly so for the far side of the Moon.
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