You might want to read To The Moon And Back, Part 1 before reading this.

By in the beginning using the same technique as for the storage space, let's call them Twangus. Like a puzzle. Lowered to the surface, the artificial muscles and hydraulics, controlled by a embedded computer, and in the beginning overseen by humans, can unfold it structure. The first base, how elementary she is, should be robotic in origin. Robots can work 24/7 and this way things can be prepared for human arrival.

Rather than to build the base completly on the moon surface, build its biggest part below the moons surface. Best would be to do this in steps. Any material of use can be stored in the Twangus on the surface. The robots will also use one of those Twanguses as there home base. Any such base needs energy, solar cells can be used for that. Also any such base needs a landing pad, a rescue craft and a way to get it off the moon.

The landing pad can be made fairly simple. By using the same mecanism as for the Twangus, a basic pad can be unfolded on the surface. This can be anchored in using small robots that use a techinque used on earth. Probes can be put in the ground to measure the feedback of those movements. They will hold intresting information. Once anchored, a basic landing pad is in place.

The first rudimentary base would be on its surface. It would consist of solar panels, communication gear, robotic roovers or walking robots, and of mining equipment as well as one or more Twangus.

The idea is this, while mining the moon, a large surface can be cleared. First a layer of plastics containing a gel will be put in place. Lets call this gel thing Qwastir. Why? Protection. [more in part 3 on Qwastir] A space can be left clear, so that mining equipement can drill tunnels, but this would have to be at the end of the base. Why ? A seperate dock can be put in place, and it can be used to expand the base later on, or to store equipement in.

In the place that has been cleared, more storage spaces can be build. A modified version, using e.g. a different software, can with one end open, help to build this hangar. The hangar needs several of these space storage space puzzles, and it would best be completly surounded by Qwastir. They can be connected so that you get like a large hangar, and tunnels and the like. Then a second layer, of Qwastir will be put over this structure. A bit like a skin. Best would be to connect this to the other layer. Depending on its use, such a layer of Qwastir can also be put at the inside, and then a second space structure can be put in place. If humans have to be able to enter it, the novel space modules that can be inflated, could be put inside of it. Inside the larger hanger this is best initially not the case. This can be done later on, but the robots need no atmosphere. That makes it less complex at the start.