# Space Station Orbits the Moon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819 "2012-01-17T20:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/1 "2012-01-17T20:06:09Z")
Picture here: [Two Earth Satellites Viewed From Houston](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76942) As you can see, somehow the US secretly smuggled the ISS to lunar orbit\*. * * * - Or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/2 "2012-01-17T20:08:18Z")
“Why can’t you just stop and ask for directions?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/3 "2012-01-17T20:13:24Z")
My God, the ISS is _gigantic_! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/4 "2012-01-17T20:26:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My God, the ISS is _gigantic_! About the same size as Copernicus crater…about 58 miles wide!!!\* \*- If it actually was orbiting the Moon…wait…didn’t we slip it into [solar orbit?](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=48442) ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/5 "2012-01-17T20:34:40Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > About the same size as Copernicus crater…about 58 miles wide!!!\* > > \*- If it actually was orbiting the Moon…wait…didn’t we slip it into [solar orbit?](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=48442) You FOOL! It can only go there at night! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/6 "2012-01-17T20:44:05Z")
> [@howye](#): > > You FOOL! It can only go there at night! It’s okay! The pilot has sunglasses! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/7 "2012-01-17T22:38:48Z")
That’s not a moon. That’s a space station. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/8 "2012-01-17T23:06:59Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > That’s not a moon. That’s a space station. It’s too big to be a space station. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/9 "2012-01-18T00:18:07Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > It’s too big to be a space station. I have a very bad feeling about this… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819/10 "2012-01-18T03:18:50Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > That’s not a moon. That’s a space station. > [@robert\_columbia](#): > > It’s too big to be a space station. > [@Sunspace](#): > > I have a very bad feeling about this… Wait, I thought the current VP was Biden.