The phrase "a lunar science" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the scientific study of the moon, its characteristics, and phenomena related to it.
Example: "The researchers dedicated their careers to advancing a lunar science that could help us understand the moon's geology and potential for future exploration."
Alternatives: "moon science" or "lunar studies".
The UK also has an active lunar science community keen to support (robotic) lunar exploration missions.
[T]he reason for that is not simply because I have a fondness for lunar science but because I think it could meet an important international objective, which is bringing other countries along with us, particularly emerging space powers, such as India and — I'll also say it — China, that NASA can and should be a foreign policy tool of the United States.
For these reasons, obtaining additional heat flow measurements has been recognized as a high priority lunar science objective.
Previous studies have identified the Schrödinger basin, situated on the far side of the Moon, as a prime target for lunar science and exploration where a significant number of the scientific concepts reviewed by the National Research Council NRCC, 2007) can be addressed.
Taylor, S. R. Lunar Science: A Post-Apollo View (Pergamon, 1975).
"I rank this as a game changer for lunar science," he said in the wake of Chandrayaan's findings.
The targets are representative of important lunar terrains and geologic processes and thus will also provide a broad introduction to lunar science for new investigators.
But if SMART-1 delivers, he says, "it will open a new era of lunar science".
The images gleaned during 12 Hubble orbits were "designed to provide an unusual dual benefit, for lunar science and potential applications for human exploration of the moon," said Jennifer Wiseman, Hubble program scientist.
It is still an open and key topic for lunar science.
