# What will the first WOMAN on the Moon say? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664 "2007-02-03T14:46:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 3, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/1 "2007-02-03T14:46:26Z")
Yep. There’s plenty of room to make “first” history on our moon, which will probably happen within most of our lifetimes. My 8 year old daughter, much to my pleasant surprise, said as she was looking at yesterday’s full moon, “I want to be the first woman on the moon.” That right there blew me away, as I never really gave it much thought. We all know Neil effed up the first words spoken by man. Can a woman do better, and what would YOU say? ---
**Author:** ![amijane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amijane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amijane)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/2 "2007-02-03T15:06:19Z")
“About time, too”? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/3 "2007-02-03T15:06:42Z")
“Damn, this helmet makes my hair frizzy.” ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/4 "2007-02-03T15:10:19Z")
“Look at all the DUST” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/5 "2007-02-03T15:12:16Z")
“Oh, dear! This place hasn’t been dusted in _years_!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/6 "2007-02-03T15:13:30Z")
Aw, son of a…! Curse you, capital letters guy! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/7 "2007-02-03T15:15:05Z")
Oh No! I’m not cleaning this up! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/8 "2007-02-03T15:15:42Z")
Drat! It surely doesn’t taste like cheese! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/9 "2007-02-03T15:23:33Z")
“I know there’s less gravity here, but this spacesuit still makes me look fat!” ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/10 "2007-02-03T15:36:41Z")
“If we can put a Man on the Moon, why can’t we put them all up there?” ---
**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:** [February 3, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/11 "2007-02-03T16:09:51Z")
HA! This is the best. Keep 'em rollin. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/12 "2007-02-03T16:18:35Z")
“The dresser would look better over there.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/13 "2007-02-03T16:19:47Z")
Whatever her plans for a poignant or profound comment, she’ll step out of the lander and onto the lunar surface, only to have her cell phone ring. So the first word uttered on the Moon by a woman will be “Hello”, followed by “No, Amy, I can’t just drop what I’m doing, come home, and drive you and your cheerleader friends to the mall!” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/14 "2007-02-03T16:51:47Z")
That’s one small step for (a) woman; one amazing, incredible, totally unbelievable it-took-x-number-of-years-after-a-man-did-it leap for all womankind. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/15 "2007-02-03T16:52:09Z")
After having spent an hour or more trying to park the LEM, her first words will probably be: “Houston, it’s just a scratch. That’s why we have insurance!” ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/16 "2007-02-03T17:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] After having spent an hour or more trying to park the LEM, her first words will probably be: “Houston, it’s just a scratch. That’s why we have insurance!” [/QUOTE] As long as she doesn’t try to cover it up with nail polish. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/17 "2007-02-03T17:26:47Z")
“Great–looking at all the mess the Apollo boys left behind!” ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/18 "2007-02-03T17:57:26Z")
“My feet are swelling in these shoes. I can never find comfortable shoes. Houston, is there a shoe store nearby?” ---
**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:** [February 3, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/19 "2007-02-03T17:59:14Z")
[Woman’s First Step.](http://goodcomics.com/sdmb/womans_firststep.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/20 "2007-02-03T18:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] That’s one small step for (a) woman; one amazing, incredible, totally unbelievable it-took-x-number-of-years-after-a-man-did-it leap for all womankind. [/QUOTE] If the first woman has the ovaries to actually say that, I’d be most pleased. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664.md?page=2)