What makes an ideal Moon base?

Any "base" that we send to the moon in the near future is going to be transported there in modules, rather than being built on site. Because of this it will be more of a vehicle than a building.

So why not put wheels on your vehicle and then keep it in sun light all of the time. The rotation speed of the moon is about 14 km/h at the equator, less as you go towards the poles. It should be possible to use photocells to drive electric motors directly. Navigation and route planning would be done from Earth, with photo maps.

I would suggest that the base cruise at 30 km/h for half the time. Science personel would sleep during the cruise phase, and go outside when the base was stationary.

If 30 km/h is too much (remember, no roads) then the base may have to be operated closer to one pole.
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Michael Smith wrote:

Any "base" that we send to the moon in the near future is going to be
transported there in modules, rather than being built on site. Because of
this it will be more of a vehicle than a building.

A great deal of the mass of a moon base should be the outside walls. That
much, at least, can be "built on site" with little more than a big shovel.

So why not put wheels on your vehicle and then keep it in sun light all
of the time.

Because you probably want to cover the living quarters with regolith for
protection from constant cosmic radiation and the occasional solar flare,
that's why not.