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In article <48414@sun.uucp> dunc@sun.UUCP (duncs home) writes:
>1. You need communications channels back to earth. A radio telescope on
>the far side of the moon would need relay satellites in lunar orbit for
>this purpose. ...

Why do you need a relay satellite? We lay cables across the ocean,
which is surely a rougher environment than the Moon. No current,
no marine life, and no corrosion. The temperature extremes on the
Moon shouldn't be all that difficult to handle.

I can see laying fiber-optic cable using technology from derived
wire-guided missiles: fire a missile containing 100+km cable, go
to whereever it lands, splice the cable to a new missle, etc.
Repeat 20 times....
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