moonbase

Ron Maxwell wrote:-
> If there really was a base on the moon. Why wouldn't
> half a million amateur astronomers find it when
> looking through telescopes from Earth at the moon?

It says somewhere that SHADO Moonbase is on Riccioli crater, which is on the
near side of the Moon but nearish to the edge. Also, it is too small at that
distance for it to be seen from Earth, except perhaps with the Hubble Space
Telescope.