# The Moon has a hole in it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560 "2009-11-22T20:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/21 "2009-11-23T04:02:26Z")
Damn first [Jupiter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525116), now the moon. 2010? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/22 "2009-11-23T04:28:37Z")
I immediately thought R. Daneel Olivaw. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/23 "2009-11-23T04:54:01Z")
Still don’t think the moon is made of swiss cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/24 "2009-11-23T05:54:00Z")
I was thinking it was a hole _through_ the moon, and you could see starlight through it. BO-RING. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/25 "2009-11-23T13:42:05Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I was thinking it was a hole _through_ the moon, and you could see starlight through it. Oh my god, it is full of stars. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/26 "2009-11-23T13:50:23Z")
That’s no moon. /oblig. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/27 "2009-11-23T17:14:45Z")
I thought for sure it would go flying all over the solar system like a deflating balloon. I guess it’s not filled with helium after all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/28 "2009-11-23T17:27:33Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I thought for sure it would go flying all over the solar system like a deflating balloon. I guess it’s not filled with helium after all. I dunno – it it had a hole on both sides, the escaping gas on one side would cancel out the escaping gas on the other. We should keep an eye out for signs it’s deflating. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560/29 "2009-11-23T17:29:02Z")
So _that’s_ where all the _Twilight_ vampires keep coming from. Plug the hole! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-has-a-hole-in-it/518560.md?page=1)