>>6314966The reason why Shackleton's Point of permanent shadow is important is that it allows for simple heat management as well as abundant access to volatiles for later human colonisation.
Additionally, it would allow for the data centre idea I mentioned previously.
After construction of a few additional refining & processing fabs as well as power modules, designs for simple antenna systems could be fabricated on the outer rim of Shackleton. With them, simple data centres could be made within the permanent dark zones as a show of an actual income source. Additionally, the processing from the site and its data storage capacity would allow for expansions such as large lunar telescopes that could process massive quantities of data uncorrupted from the Earth's atmosphere.
whew, sorry for splitting the post up in two, i wanted to make sure i didn't go over the 3k sign limit.
Pic is of what i imagine the worker robots to partially look like, but with more cloth protection around the joints to stop lunar regolith particles from getting into everything.
