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I know it is good to build nuclear power plants away from habitation, but this seems a bit impractical.

How do you power e.g. a large (radio)telescope array on the Moon when it's on the dark side? It can be completely robot-controlled, but it would still need significant power.

Pick a spot that's constantly lit with sunlight?

https://www.nature.com/news/2007/071023/full/news.2007.182.h...

Might hinder the astronomy.

Conflicting objectives, if you're trying to use the moon to block earthborn interference.

Going to get pretty crowded at the poles, no?

First let's put anything there :)

You would never build a large radio or optical telescope anywhere on the moon, when it’s far cheaper to build it in deep space.

I think the idea is there will be a habitat close by.

The GP was a joke comment.

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