# A prediction from "The Onion" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713 "2013-10-31T03:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/1 "2013-10-31T03:05:01Z")
In short, NASA predicts a mass shooting on the moon by 2055. Only the Onion could get away with this. > **[NASA: ‘We Will Have A Mass Shooting On The Moon By 2055’](https://www.theonion.com/nasa-we-will-have-a-mass-shooting-on-the-moon-by-2055-1819575778)** > > WASHINGTON—Calling it the next great milestone in mankind’s journey into outer space, NASA officials boldly declared in a press conference Friday that a mass shooting would occur on the moon no later than 2055. However, in the book “Packing For Mars”, author Mary Roach described at least one mission on the space station that had to be cut short because two cosmonauts were on the verge of killing each other, and another because an astronaut was, in short, going insane. :eek: That book convinced me that we will never do interplanetary or interstellar travel, at least not with modern technology. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/2 "2013-10-31T03:53:37Z")
I think they must have gotten some crappy weed and fallen asleep watching [Iron Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/3 "2013-10-31T08:58:26Z")
“Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don’t have the balls to live in the real world.”—Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/4 "2013-10-31T18:05:09Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > However, in the book “Packing For Mars”, author Mary Roach described at least one mission on the space station that had to be cut short because two cosmonauts were on the verge of killing each other, and another because an astronaut was, in short, going insane. :eek: That book convinced me that we will never do interplanetary or interstellar travel, at least not with modern technology. That’s a good book isn’t it? I read it recently myself and it brought up all sorts of issues about space flight I hadn’t really considered _(and some I’d have preferred not to have considered!)_. The part on the simulated mission in Russia having to be abandoned as well was interesting, showed the kinds of intra-cultural misunderstandings that could happen on a long-scale mission. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/5 "2013-11-01T00:21:10Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > That’s a good book isn’t it? I read it recently myself and it brought up all sorts of issues about space flight I hadn’t really considered _(and some I’d have preferred not to have considered!)_. > > The part on the simulated mission in Russia having to be abandoned as well was interesting, showed the kinds of intra-cultural misunderstandings that could happen on a long-scale mission. I’ve read all of Mary Roach’s books, and watched her 3-hour interview on C-SPAN’s “About Books” earlier this year. She writes in a very entertaining way about things most of us would rather not think about. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prediction-from-the-onion/672713/6 "2013-11-01T21:07:24Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ve read all of Mary Roach’s books, and watched her 3-hour interview on C-SPAN’s “About Books” earlier this year. She writes in a very entertaining way about things most of us would rather not think about. I’ll have to check her other books out, as you say she is very entertaining to read.