# Would you want to live on the moon for a week? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387 "2005-09-19T17:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/21 "2005-09-19T20:17:18Z")
Not just “yes”, but “hell, yes”. If only to be able to say “neener, neener, neener!” to the moon-landing-conspiracy folks. ---
**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/22 "2005-09-19T20:17:43Z")
Just try to stop me! …but first it’s off to CNN I go to push the Yes button. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/23 "2005-09-19T20:55:16Z")
Five words: **I’m bringing my golf clubs.** ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/24 "2005-09-19T20:58:50Z")
Maybe they get motion sick easily and figure “Lower gravity == BARF CITY!” Me? With enough good drugs, I’d brave any nausea dangers to go see The Moon. 😃 Hell, I read that Tintin “Mission: Moon” book over and over when I was a rugrat. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/25 "2005-09-19T21:19:15Z")
My first words from the surface: “Holy Living Fuck!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/26 "2005-09-19T21:19:30Z")
Good god no! Have you seen what kind of restaurants they have up there? No atmosphere whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/27 "2005-09-19T21:20:58Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > In theory yes. In actuality - I’m afraid of heights. I can’t tell if this line is pathetic or brilliant, ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/28 "2005-09-19T21:55:08Z")
Hell yes! ---
**Author:** ![brubble101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@brubble101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brubble101)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/29 "2005-09-20T00:09:48Z")
Is that a Moon week or an Earth week? Doesn’t it take the Moon something like 29.5 Earth days to rotate once (relative to the Sun)? I don’t think I really want to spend 7 Earth months on the moon. Especially when 3.5 months would be spent on the COLD side. brrrrr. Seriously… A week? On the moon? HELL YEAH! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/30 "2005-09-20T00:12:52Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > Imagine being able to jump 6 times higher than you would on Earth! Eh, that’s only exciting if they remember to build the ceilings high. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/31 "2005-09-20T00:26:10Z")
Hell yes, where do I sign up? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/32 "2005-09-20T00:47:06Z")
Ab-so-friggin-lutely. I’ll take it even if it’s just walking a circle for a week on a short air hose tether. Even if I die up there, well, it’s the _moon_! Now where are my crackers? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/33 "2005-09-20T00:52:44Z")
If this was some kind of genie-in-a-bottle type of offer, where I would be magically (and safely) transported there for a week, I’d probably go; otherwise, I’ll stand aside and let someone more enthusiastic than myself take the trip. Sort of surprised myself saying this, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/34 "2005-09-20T01:02:30Z")
Hey, **Mangetout, Antigen, Stuffy, ultrafilter, brubble101, Quartz, Shagnasty, Enderw24, MaxTheVool, RickJay, 6 6 6, h.sapiens, Snakescatlady, Cervaise, William V., Steve Wright, Procellarum, Balle\_M, JThunder, Shodan, Yumblie, Scarlett67, Firebringer, leandroc76, Erinaceus europaeus, ivylass, Larry Borgia, Johnny L.A., Stranger On A Train, Stranger, Sean Factotum, Diogenes the Cynic, AdmiralCrunch!** Look over there! (Cuts in line.) Suckers. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/35 "2005-09-20T01:04:18Z")
Only if I’m allowed to wear a space suit. With a really _great_ waste disposal unit. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/36 "2005-09-20T01:26:17Z")
Of course I’d go, I [like the moon.](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/37 "2005-09-20T01:30:29Z")
Hell yes. Where’s the dotted line? ---
**Author:** ![Manish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Manish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manish)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/38 "2005-09-20T01:46:31Z")
Yes. Earth makes me feel fat, and heavy. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/39 "2005-09-20T01:49:53Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Well, I really like cheese. But there’s not a bit in the house. And the Moon is made of cheese. > [Much banging, sawing, drilling and welding insues, followed by a brief but very loud roar.] > Funny, this doesn’t taste like any cheese I’ve ever had. Oh well…it’s a grand day out, anyway. > > Stranger [hijack] Are you as excited about the new movie as I am 😃 ?[/hijack] I can understand the “nos”. It wouldn’t be a particular \*pleasent \* experience. I don’t think you can fight space sickness with dramamine. It comes from the normal fuctions of your body, that attune themselves to gravity, being thrown out of wack. I hear your internal organs start to drift upwards…even the thought of that makes me nauseaus. Bound to be difficult, unpleasent, cramped, frightening…I can certainly understand the “nos”…but not me, sign me the fuck up! ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/40 "2005-09-20T01:52:49Z")
Hell yes. I hope that I live to see the day where space tourism/lunar vacations become possible, even for those who aren’t ultra-wealthy. I don’t have much hope that I’ll live to see that day, but I can dream [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387.md?page=3)