1.  This doesn&#x27;t change versus a satellite in geosynchronous lunar orbit.<p>2.  If you are on the dark side of the moon you can&#x27;t transmit imaging back to earth for significant periods of time.  Spacecraft computers need to be primitive as crap to deal with radiation and probably aren&#x27;t packing gigabytes of storage outside the Van Allen belt.  Also, I don&#x27;t think stray light from Earth would conceivably be a problem except when the terminus is near the axis of the telescope.<p>3.  Also true of satellites in geosynchronous lunar orbit.<p>4.  I think this is more than outweighed by the environmental conditions.<p>5.  Agreed.  And on further consideration cost is probably a concern.  eg China is sending a moon probe, would you rather have a telescope on the surface of the moon or none at all.  A telescope in hand beats one two in the bush, and all.