# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/21 "2007-02-03T18:06:26Z")
The jokes are fine but hopefully by this point it will not be the big deal that she is a she and she will stay professionally focused on her job. ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/22 "2007-02-03T18:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=DSeid] The jokes are fine but hopefully by this point it will not be the big deal that she is a she and she will stay professionally focused on her job. [/QUOTE] Serious responses are welcome too! C’mon, give us some profound statements… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/23 "2007-02-03T18:09:57Z")
I am appalled at the ignorant sexism displayed in this thread. Besides, there’s no way we can have a woman on a moon mission - she might menstruate on important equipment on the way. Also, as is well known, a woman’s cycle is triggered by the phases of the moon. If a woman were to actually set foot on its surface, she would explode in a bloody gory mess. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/24 "2007-02-03T18:12:00Z")
“Damn, it’s cold here! Where’s the thermostat?” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/25 "2007-02-03T18:12:27Z")
I need to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/26 "2007-02-03T18:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=DSeid] The jokes are fine but hopefully by this point it will not be the big deal that she is a she and she will stay professionally focused on her job. [/QUOTE] Indeed, I was going to post that I’ve had a chuckle or two over the joke responses. But seriously, what would the first woman on the moon say? Of course she will stay professionally focused on her job. Most pilots, no matter how wacky they are on the ground, take flying very seriously. To be chosen to fly a spacecraft is a very notable achievement. I would hope that would not be too pithy. I’d hate it if her first words from the moon were sexist. I’d love it if she said something like ‘OMYGOD! They’re _huge!_ They’re coming right for us!’ and then cut off the mic. (I believe something like this was suggested in _From The Earth To The Moon_.) I mean, she’d be on the ground and can lighten up. 😃 Perhaps a female Doper can tell us what _she_ would say if she were the first woman on the moon? ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/27 "2007-02-03T18:30:48Z")
“Good Luck, _Mrs._ [Gorsky](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a951117.html).” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/28 "2007-02-03T18:36:03Z")
“That doofus Neil Armstrong fucked it up like they tend to do. Now let’s get it right: ONE SMALL STEP FOR A WOMAN. ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.” ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/29 "2007-02-03T18:40:13Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] 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? [/QUOTE] “Is there a Manolo Blahnik outlet here?” 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/30 "2007-02-03T18:41:38Z")
“Oh I’m SO not going to the bathroom here” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/31 "2007-02-03T18:53:43Z")
“Honey, I TOLD you to stop and ask for directions! Where the hell are we now, anyway? There isn’t even a gas station anywhere in sight we can stop at out here.” ---
**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:** [February 3, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/32 "2007-02-03T19:00:00Z")
I don’t know what the first woman on the Moon will say, and I probably wouldn’t understand it even if I did know. Because with the way the American space program is being run, whatever she says will probably be in either Mandarin or French. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/33 "2007-02-03T19:26:50Z")
How about a variation on Shepard’s prayer? “Dear God, don’t let my husband fuck this up.” ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/34 "2007-02-03T19:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] “Honey, I TOLD you to stop and ask for directions! Where the hell are we now, anyway? There isn’t even a gas station anywhere in sight we can stop at out here.” [/QUOTE] Yeah, if I had to meet my fiancee on the moon, she’d be sitting there, pissed off to be waiting, while I was circling Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/35 "2007-02-03T23:07:37Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] “The dresser would look better over there.” [/QUOTE] You misspelled “crater.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/36 "2007-02-03T23:56:12Z")
I’d say, “Huh. Look at that. After all this time… there’s still nothing here.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/37 "2007-02-04T06:27:59Z")
“Shing tow bing bok mok fu liang jing hau!” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/38 "2007-02-04T12:09:56Z")
They havn’t been this perky for twenty years. 😃 Don’t hit me! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/39 "2007-02-04T13:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] I need to pee. [/QUOTE] 😃 That’s what _I’d_ say. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664/40 "2007-02-04T13:22:44Z")
I know exactly what a woman would say: “Would you look at that, I’m six times lighter than on earth. No more diets!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-woman-on-the-moon-say/390664.md?page=3)