# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/61 "2005-09-21T00:46:08Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Ewww! Do you have any idea [what those moon ladies look like](http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/H_G_Herbert_George_Wells/The_First_Men_In_The_Moon/The_Selenites_Face_p1.html)? I dunno, [they look alright to me.](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/nudemoon/) ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/62 "2005-09-21T00:56:04Z")
Holy Bejesus YES! In a heartbeat yes! Come on it’s the moon! The views! Watch the Earthrise then stroll over to the darkside and be in awe! Wouldn’t it be true that even if you had a city, on the moon, under a clear dome, with 1,000 lights blazing away …that you could still look up and see the perfectly pitch black sky with thousands of stars? Because of no atmosphere to reflect back the light. Bonus … no atmosphere to distort view! That’s just sooooooo cool! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/63 "2005-09-21T14:08:32Z")
I’m there. But \*\*Askia \*\* has to wait her turn in line, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/64 "2005-09-21T14:19:52Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Now that is the hard part - though if it weren’t for librations, it’d be impossible. > > Seems like I’ll be rising 60 before they go back up there. I’d go in a heartbeat. To be clear about this; since odds are against you landing in the places on the moon that are temporarily visible to libration; you would therefore never see an Earthrise/Earthset. Unless you had a moon buggy, drove, and artificially created one. Still, I’d go. \ ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/65 "2005-09-21T14:22:32Z")
> [@William V.](#): > > I’m there. But \*\*Askia \*\* has to wait her turn in line, dammit. /me points and laughs at **Askia**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/66 "2005-09-21T14:45:55Z")
I’d go, but I wouldn’t be first in line. I’d wait until it was no longer in NASA control, we all know about their track record and unlike many other posters I would like to make it back to Earth ALIVE. I’d wait until there were at least two major Earth to Moon and back travel companies set up, competition is always a good thing. I’d wait until it’s almost as safe to go to the Moon as to fly across the nation. Then I would go. But I’m not “dieing” to get there. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/67 "2005-09-21T18:53:08Z")
Yep, Even if NASA is providing transport. Even if there was a 90% chance of not making it from LEO to the moon. Heck, I’m the wierdo that liked the flight/airport portion of business travel! 😃 0-Butler ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387/68 "2005-09-21T20:54:07Z")
Would I like to live on the moon? Would I like some more candy? Would I like a threesome with Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones? Would I like a threesome with Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones on the moon with lots of candy? Sure, why not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-live-on-the-moon-for-a-week/322387.md?page=3)