Lunar Base Deployment

I thought of a robot only Lunar Base and how to deploy it in sections. The missions would be conducted using the Earth orbit assembled rockets.

The first thing to be deployed on Moon would be a robot spider. It would have two main purposes. The first would be as a landing gear that brings the vehicle to rest while preventing toppling, absorbing the landing impact energy, and limiting loads induced into the main structure. Because its extension legs are motor controlled, it can level itself on uneven terrain by adjusting its legs positions. Once the lunar module lands safely, the robot would eject itself and work as a surface explorer and transporter robot. Its legs would allow it to navigate on almost any surface unlike a wheel. Its arms would be used to move and place Lunar Base sections. Once the robotic spider is up and running on the moon, it would serve as a landing platform for the successive missions. Reducing the weight of the landing gears and increasing the success rate of landing safely.

The very first lunar base section to be deployed would be the high gain Earth Communication Relay (ECR) and solar panels powering it. All surface modules, including the spider would be communicating with earth over ECR. This would reduce the power and large antenna requirements on the modules.

The successive modules would be the Lab Modules and more solar panels to power the modules and charge the robotic spider.

Lab Modules would allow the lunar samples to be analyzed on the moon. Negating the need to bring samples to Earth. The technological know-how on how to build and operate a lab on a celestial body would be used to build Mars Research Base. As a result, the humanity would learn more about the red planet without the need to send humans or bring samples to Earth.