One sign that this is a good idea, is multiple different instantiations and simultaneous teams working on it. 1. NASA STMD study with robotic assembly: https:/

One sign that this is a good idea, is multiple different instantiations and simultaneous teams working on it. 1. NASA STMD study with robotic assembly: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_I_Phase_II/lunar_crater_radio_telescope/ https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_... 2. Article on the basics + decadal survey paper: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-moon-seti.html https://phys.org/news/2020-10-moon-seti.html 3. Recent lecture on the "FARSIDE" mission concept at Caltech: https://kiss.caltech.edu/lectures/2020_Hallinan.html https://kiss.caltech.edu/lectures/2020_Hallinan.html "There is some urgency in establishing a lunar far-side radio-quiet reserve before we get the burgeoning problem we have in Earth orbit with optical interference from communications satellites. We are already concerned about the Chinese communications satellites—so this needs to be a global consensus now!" -- Dr. Pete Worden, the Chairman Breakthrough Prize Foundation and the former director of NASA's Ames Research Center