What would the Royal Navy call its first lunar base?
Short answerA geographic Royal Naval Space Station designation could accompany an HMS stone-frigate name, with Discovery suggested as a suitable exploration name.
NotesA British lunar establishment could receive both a geographic station designation and an HMS name under the stone-frigate tradition. RNAS Culdrose and HMS Seahawk supply the existing example of two names for one establishment. Royal Naval Space Station, shortened to RNSS, is proposed as the equivalent designation for a base on the Moon. Discovery, associated here with Captain Scott's ship, becomes the favored commissioned name, while Endeavour is suggested earlier. Artemis is considered less likely because the United States already uses it for a space program. The proposed names follow existing naval conventions, although the lunar establishment itself is hypothetical.