Telescopes on the Far Side of the Moon

A follow up to the series, such as it is, by Washington Post staff writer Marc Kaufman

"Since the beginning of the space age, astromers have dreamed of putting telescopes and other instruments on the far side of the moon, and now with NASA planning to send astronauts back to the moon sometime after 2019, those dreams of a radio telescope looking out through the galaxies from the protected side of the moon have been revived."

Readers Joined Kaufman on Tuesday for a discussion about the latest news, which he reports in the Monday Science Page story.

A transcript follows.