Conclusion: It is difficult to predict all the nuances of building

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Lunar station — preparing in advance for the growth in the number of future colonizers
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There is no atmosphere on the Moon as such and it is very cold. Probably, when the surface is illuminated by the sun, strong radio interference is possible. All this needs to be dealt with.
A lot depends on the location of the station. Let's say it will be placed on the side of the Moon facing the Earth - it is not easy to organize communication with the Earth from the far side.

To connect to the Internet, you can run a high-speed radio channel between the Moon and the Earth. Then the station residents will have access to the terrestrial Internet - maybe not as fast as we are used to, and with a very long delay - a few seconds, but still... But the resources located on the Moon itself will work quickly. The speed of access to sites with servers on Earth will be quite decent, and you can easily download a large file - for example, a video. But opening a complex site may not work at all - consecutive requests will accumulate and a two-second delay will turn into a huge one.

Probably, new protocols will be invented for such tasks, in addition to the desktop and mobile versions, we will also get a "space" one - for use from the Moon.

Solar power and lunar rovers as Wi-Fi hotspots

You can use solar energy and store it for the future. Day and night on the Moon last about 15 Earth days. Even at night, the side of the Moon facing the Earth is quite clear — it is illuminated by light reflected from the Earth, but good solar energy generation is possible only during the lunar day, so it will have to be stored. There will be no problem with electricity for a Wi-Fi network — it is extremely economical in consumption.

Wi-Fi on the lunar station can be useful both inside industrial and residential premises and outside. If there is no problem with interference from the sun, it is possible to provide coverage for the necessary working area outside the station. For example, to collect data from various devices and control the actuators. And also to establish communication for employees who will land on the surface of the Moon.

Outside the station, it will be necessary to protect the equipment from solar radiation during the day and from low temperatures during the lunar night, when the top layer of soil cools to -170°C. This will require protective climate cabinets.

If humans were to travel on the surface in some special vehicles, they could be used as mobile base stations that create a Wi-Fi coverage area around them. They themselves could stay in touch with the station or uruguay number data with other similar rovers via direct radio communication, if the terrain and distance allow, or via stationary repeaters or lunar satellites.

The growth of the number of colonizers

When flights to the Moon become commonplace, the number of residents on the station will increase significantly. Perhaps tourists will visit there. And therefore, the volume of traffic will increase.

In this case, it would be logical to complete the network elements, connection modules. The growth of traffic volume must also be foreseen so that the Earth-Moon communication channel is not overloaded. In general, if the network scaling capabilities are laid down at the project development stage, the Moon colonizers will not have any problems using Wi-Fi.

a Wi-Fi network on the Moon. It seems that this is a difficult, but quite realistic project. But this is a project at the state level or even at the level of several states - no commercial company will withstand this. The costs of the Wi-Fi network in such a project will be only a very small part.