[blackdog]

Dust on the moon limits any ability to stay there for any length of time. Not even more than a few days. Electrostatic binding microscopic razor blades. Even the space suits begin to catastrophically fail in as little as 100 hours of contact with the dust.

From what I've heard we enter an environment there where we become the several thousand volt DC static charge attraction for every particle of dust and debris. Electronics fail. Filters clog. Components overheat. Seals fail. Switches fail. Etc.....It's a nightmare.

[cgbg]

Moon settlements are possible but they would have to be underground to protect from the elements you described.

Such underground structures could be built by robots with supplies put in place before humans arrived.

Imho that is what long term habitation of the moon will look like—whatever country is involved.