re: It is not "flags and footprints", it is CAPS
Again I point out space based telescopes are vastly superior to Lunar surface based optical telescopes for detection of NEO and other impact hazards. More than half the sky is unavailable to surface systems, the cost of operation would be massive with dust being a major hazard. Years ago when first proposed Lunar systems made more sense simply because we knew more about ground base telescopes. Since then technologies have changed that truth.
There are lots of folks working on projects that if they admitted it they would say made no sense. You are trying your hardest to stick that label on Mark and I. I think it fits Mazanek better.
You're no expert on CAPS or Mars and have your own glasses coloring your vision.