# How would NASA have handled two moons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 24, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511 "2009-08-24T16:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/21 "2009-08-26T05:05:38Z")
No, Sam, you must remember you are Canuckistani and are, by your nature, against such things, and would leave the actual declaration to a cadre of Real Americans. That it would follow by minutes is irrelevant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/22 "2009-08-26T05:19:24Z")
Earth does have a second moon, Cruithne. [3753 Cruithne - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne) ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/23 "2009-08-26T06:23:02Z")
You do see there that Cruithne does not orbit the Earth and is not a moon, right? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/24 "2009-08-26T06:28:11Z")
Killjoy. Tinkerbell is dying because of you. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/25 "2009-08-26T07:15:01Z")
Meh…we put people on the moon on six separate occasions. If we had two moons simple enough to split the difference and do three each. Doubtless they would have wanted to visit both. Which they chose to go to first who knows? Probably the bigger one because it is harder to miss thus better on a first try. Or maybe the smaller one because it is easier to get off of. Who knows? Toss a coin. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/26 "2009-08-26T07:48:20Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Sorry, but JFK was Navy. You’re saying Kennedy would have gone for the Sailor Moon? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/27 "2009-08-26T16:13:33Z")
We would have landed on the Moon over Miami. Landing on the other Moon would cause us to skip a beat. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/28 "2009-08-26T16:43:22Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > On Soviet moon… …man takes small step on you! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/29 "2009-08-26T20:21:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You’re saying Kennedy would have gone for the Sailor Moon? Given what we know about him now, I say that’s damn near a certainty. [And really, who could blame him?](http://media.photobucket.com/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Cosplay/sailorjupitergirl/cosplay/Super_Sailor_Moon_by_Des_Henkers_Br.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511/30 "2009-08-26T21:09:22Z")
They’re our next-door neighbors and you can actually see the Russian moon from land here on the American moon, from an island on the American moon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-nasa-have-handled-two-moons/507511.md?page=1)