  The Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR) is a team of
researchers and students at leading universities, NASA centers, and federal
research laboratories undertaking investigations aimed at using the Moon as a
platform for space science. LUNAR research includes Lunar Interior Physics &
Gravitation using Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), Low Frequency Cosmology and
Astrophysics (LFCA), Planetary Science and the Lunar Ionosphere, Radio
Heliophysics, and Exploration Science. The LUNAR team is exploring technologies
that are likely to have a dual purpose, serving both exploration and science.
There is a certain degree of commonality in much of LUNAR's research.
Specifically, the technology development for a lunar radio telescope involves
elements from LFCA, Heliophysics, Exploration Science, and Planetary Science;
similarly the drilling technology developed for LLR applies broadly to both
Exploration and Lunar Science.
