There is strong interest in lunar exploration from governmental space agencies, private companies and the public. NASA is about to send humans to the lunar surface again within the next few years, and ESA has proposed the concept of the Moon Village, with the goal of a sustainable human presence and activity on the lunar surface. Although construction of the infrastructure for this permanent human settlement is envisaged for the end of this decade by many, there is no definite mission plan yet. While this may be unsatisfactory for the impatient, this fact actually carries great potential: this is the optimal time to develop a forward-looking science input and influence mission planning. Based on data from recent missions (SMART-1, Kaguya, Chang’E, Chandrayaan-1 and LRO) as well as simulation campaigns (e.g. ILEWG EuroMoonMars), we provide initial input on how astronomy could be incorporated into a future Moon Village, and how the presence of humans (and robots) on the Moon could help deploy and maintain astronomical hardware. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Astronomy from the Moon: the next decades’.

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人类栖息地：支持月球天文学的基础设施前景

政府航天机构、私营公司和公众对月球探索有着浓厚的兴趣。NASA 即将在未来几年内再次将人类送上月球表面，而 ESA 提出了月球村的概念，目标是在月球表面实现可持续的人类存在和活动。尽管许多人设想在本世纪末为这个永久人类住区建设基础设施，但目前还没有明确的任务计划。虽然这对于急躁的人来说可能并不令人满意，但这一事实实际上具有巨大的潜力：这是发展前瞻性科学投入和影响任务规划的最佳时机。根据近期任务（SMART-1、Kaguya、Chang'E、Chandrayaan-1 和 LRO）以及模拟活动（例如 ILEWG EuroMoonMars）的数据，我们就如何将天文学融入未来的月球村，以及人类（和机器人）在月球上的存在如何有助于部署和维护天文硬件提供初步意见。本文是“来自月球的天文学：未来几十年”的讨论会议问题的一部分。