Why not go to the dark side?

No training yet today either, were getting lucky. Maybe they want us to explore the base? Because it's not just me wandering around.
Oh and sorry for drifting off to sleep mid-post last night, I was exhausted.
So today I found, A. The crews quarters, and B. The solar generator.
The solar generator isn't too interesting but the solar panels attached to them are. The moon base is located in a crater actually so the panels are way up on the ridge. The moon base is down here and the panels up there for a reason. The moon base is down in a crater because it's cooler and there's less sun radiation so that means it can be a lot more simplistic. The solar panels are up there because they need sunlight almost all the time, even if we were up there too they would be in the same spots, it's the best spot this side of the moon to get sunlight.
I always wondered though, why are we on the "light" side of the moon if we want to be away from the suns rays. We could easily run wires to the base from the panels... Is there a real reason? Hmm, that's brain food,
Teen out.