Lunar south pole is an attraction point for many researches. Some of these researches have to be conducted inside craters where earth communication would not be possible. I propose a lunar polar relay for this purpose.
The relay will be a lunar lander that lands on top of a hill that has good line of sight with earth. It will be powered by nuclear battery I had proposed earlier. It will use its top fairing as an antenna for earth communication and side fairings as antennas for lunar communication. This relay will allow continuous communication with earth unlike a satellite relay that has a certain communication window.
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