Like I said, we'll see China on the dark side of the moon

China is considering landing a spacecraft on the moon's "dark side" in 2020 - a mission which, if successful, would make it the first country to do so. The planned mission will see the Chang'e 4 spacecraft orbit the moon before sending a rover to the surface, Wu Weiren, the chief engineer for China's Lunar Exploration Program told state-run broadcaster CCTV, adding "we probably will choose a site on which it is more difficult to land and more technically challenging... Our next move will probably see some spacecraft land on the far side of the moon." China successfully landed a spacecraft - the Chang'e 3 - on the moon in December 2013, becoming only the third nation after the United States and Russia to land on the moon's surface. While the side of the moon not visible from earth has been observed by various probes, a landing has never been attempted. They should look at getting a man there of their very own, which the US was able to do on six occasions between 1969 and 1972, and then maybe a human settlement (provided they don't screw it up and send the moon hurtling through space like on that show Space: 1999).