The energy required to put anything on the Moon is immense. Meanwhile, pollution from rockets is not well understood yet: https://www.scientificamerican.com/art

The energy required to put anything on the Moon is immense. Meanwhile, pollution from rockets is not well understood yet: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-air-pollution-is-produced-by-rockets/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-air-poll.... Meanwhile, a telescope on the moon would be pointing at the sun (a very bright radio source, mostly due to proximity) for long periods at a stretch. TLDR: the moon probably isn’t an ideal location.