The linked clip is pretty unequivocal, if you watch it. Nelson says: "They are going to have a lander on the far side of the moon, which is the side that is always in dark. We're not planning to go there."
Yeah, I watched it. I can hear it both ways. I don't know his mind or lack thereof, only that he hasn't necessarily spoken wrongly in that phrase
I could see governmental types having a colloquial use of the word at times like these that doesn't mean "it's always in the literal absence of light".
I could see governmental types having a colloquial use of the word at times like these that doesn't mean "it's always in the literal absence of light".