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-> The same issue of Air&Space contains an article entitled "Resist the
-> Pull of Mars" in which the author talks about "The dark far side of the
-> moon..." being a good place to conduct " ...sensitive radio astronomy...
-> without interference from terrestrial signals."

-> Since this is a credible magazine, I should give the guy the benefit
-> of the doubt and assume he is talking about the period of time that the
-> moon appears full from the perspective of the earth, but that's not how
-> it reads.

One of the common meanings of "dark" in colloquial English is
"unknown", as in "darkest Africa", something the poster was possibly
in the dark about.  "The dark side of the moon" simply means the side
facing away from the earth.
--JoSH