Today: Iraq

[Bun-Bun]

Thirdly, a lunar night lasts two Terran weeks. Earthbound optical telescopes are limited to operations at night, after all, and night only lasts hours on Earth. Night on the moon lasts many, many days.

I'm all for a Lunar base and telescope, but isn't the corollary of a two-week Lunar night a two-week Lunar day? If your argument is that a larger percentage of useful viewing time is presented due to fewer lost twilight hours, that's fine, but as stated your third argument makes no sense.