# Is the moon really hollow and other moon observations. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601 "2017-09-05T23:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/41 "2017-09-07T23:57:27Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No, the world is hollow and I have touched the sky. No, the world is **solid** , and you have touched **yourself**. So stop touching yourself. You’ll go blind. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/42 "2017-09-08T00:43:05Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > ( The dark side of the moon ) Based only on this, you misunderstand a lot about the moon. I’d suggest you start with the basic Wikipedia article - it’s bound to be better than the pseudoscience you’re apparently consuming. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/43 "2017-09-08T02:34:27Z")
Out of that whole OP, _that_’s the statement you’re basing his misunderstanding on? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/44 "2017-09-08T02:43:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Out of that whole OP, _that_’s the statement you’re basing his misunderstanding on? It’s a start … ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/45 "2017-09-08T02:50:03Z")
Isn’t it convenient we have never sent men to the Moon to “prove” the Moon is solid? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/46 "2017-09-08T08:38:06Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Isn’t it convenient we have never sent men to the Moon to “prove” the Moon is solid? …because Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are/were secretly transgendered? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/47 "2017-09-08T11:33:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Out of that whole OP, _that_’s the statement you’re basing his misunderstanding on? Heck, I thought I was being somewhat polite by highlighting a basic misunderstanding rather than the silly woo in the OP. Plus, if one learns why there’s no “dark side of the moon” (as it’s commonly conceived) it will lead to better understanding of the Earth / moon / Sun relationship overall. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/48 "2017-09-08T11:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > if one learns why there’s no “dark side of the moon” (as it’s commonly conceived) it will lead to better understanding of the Earth / moon / Sun relationship overall. We had a thread about this recently, and I brought this up. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=832805](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=832805) Turns out a lot of people use ‘dark side’ in a figurative sense. I just think it is misleading. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/49 "2017-09-09T22:03:00Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > …because Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are/were secretly transgendered? Joke all you want but I should concern you how a government “agency” like NASA is capable of faking the moon landing. Just asking what else they can fake. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/50 "2017-09-09T22:26:42Z")
Well, if you want to find out how the Dep’t of Defense faked World War II … you’ll just have to read my next newsletter … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/51 "2017-09-09T23:25:30Z")
> [@XT](#): > > There was a sci-fi novel I remember (though the name escapes me) about the moon actually being a huge space station whose crew had mutinied or something and gone to earth to get out of some galactic war. That would be Mutineer’s Moon by David Weber ([Mutineers' Moon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutineers%27_Moon)) As to the OP and St. Cad’s derail…in keeping with this section’s policies, I’ll end my comments right here. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/52 "2017-09-09T23:39:19Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Joke all you want but I should concern you how a government “agency” like NASA is capable of faking the moon landing. Just asking what else they can fake. That eclipse last month sure looked fake. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/53 "2017-09-11T01:38:34Z")
Wow. All these people in the thread believing a “government” agency has never “lied” to them … or is everyone too afraid to ask questions. If the Moon is solid then how about this [moon cave](http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/LRO/Geology/lunar-pit-2.jpg) leading to the center? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/54 "2017-09-11T02:17:41Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Wow. All these people in the thread believing a “government” agency has never “lied” to them … or is everyone too afraid to ask questions. > If the Moon is solid then how about this [moon cave](http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/LRO/Geology/lunar-pit-2.jpg) leading to the center? Bah. That’s just an [Exogorth](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Exogorth) home. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/55 "2017-09-11T03:05:58Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Wow. All these people in the thread believing a “government” agency has never “lied” to them … Government agencies always lie to everyone, but random “people” on the “internet” never do? (Hey I can use scare “quotes”, too!) So I have some prime Florida real estate I can let you have cheap, sight unseen. It must be true, because I’m a “random” person on the internet. Never mind about that hurricane. That’s a hoax promulgated by the Weather Bureau, a government agency. It must be a lie! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/56 "2023-05-05T17:21:59Z")
> **[For the 1st time, scientists confirm the moon has a solid iron 'heart' just...](https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/for-the-1st-time-scientists-confirm-the-moon-has-a-solid-iron-heart-just-like-earth)** > > After more than 50 years, scientists finally confirmed that the moon has a solid inner core, just like Earth. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-moon-really-hollow-and-other-moon-observations/795601/57 "2023-05-05T18:07:51Z")
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