What is the Name our Moon?

[Narrew]

LOL, we dont need no stinking treaty. Actually as Baron pointed out there are treaties ect in place. I just don't think it will mean anything once someone gets out there, then they will use possesion is 9/10ths of the law.

I do disagree with you Baron, I don't think the current political climate means any thing. I think once SOMEONE gets the momentum out in space, then expansion will happen, but this time there will not be any native peoples displaced. Could a country take complete control of Mars? I doubt it, perhaps some area the size of one of our states.

It either that or it will be corporations running everything.

I guess depending on your point of view which will be the lessor of evil?

But heck the next 50 years will be interesting times I think.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

But heck the next 50 years will be interesting times I think.

reminds me of a chinese curse, it does.

[rdouglass]

Personally, I think the issue will really revolve around whether there is anything of value there to somebody. Take for instance, Antarctica. There is a plot of land down there that no one's fighting over. In fact, there is a joint effort science establishment there. And IIRC, there are treaties in place saying something similar to those about the moon. Why? 'Cause there's not much there anyone wants EXCEPT the scientific community.

So until we can economically get that He3 molecule (or whatever that post was describing about Helium) or find huge reserves of gold or other precious substances, the moon isn't worth it for anyone to fight over...except of course the con men...

[rdouglass]

Originally posted by Taera:
to the original topic, not sure if it was mentioned before but wouldn't the name be Sol III A?

Yup, a page or two ago. I agree its the ONLY logical choice...

[Andrés]

IIRC the Greek/Roman goddess Artemis/Dione was called Selene when associated to the moon, just as her brother Apollo was called Febo (or Phebo or whatever is the correct spelling in English) when associated to the sun. I think Selene and Febo were older Latin gods that were later fusioned into Dione and Apollo when they adopted the Greek religion, but they were still called by those names when associated to the lights in the sky.

As it was mentioned earlier moon translates into my mother language, Spanish, as 'luna'.
So calling 'la luna' 'Luna' or 'el sol' 'Sol' sounds to me as redundant as calling the moon Moon.

Anyway I think that the correct statement is not "our moon is called Moon" (or Luna or translate into any other language you like), but "our natural satellite is called Moon".

More on Spanish:
'to land on the moon' translates as 'alunizar', as the normal verb for 'to land' is 'aterrizar' and derives from Tierra (Earth).
ISTR an article where it said that other words that derive from Tierra should be changed when applied to 'la Luna' such as 'luneo' instead of 'terreno' (piece of land).
And some recent news reports used the verb 'amarizar' when referring to landing on Mars.

ISTR some sci-fi story where the natives of the moon where called Selenites or some word derived from Selene. I guess that something derived from Luna would sound too similar to loony or lunatic.

[capnq]

Take for instance, Antarctica. There is a plot of land down there that no one's fighting over.

Kim Stanley Robinson wrote an SF novel called _Antarctica_ about what might happen when the treaty that protects it expires. (I haven't read it yet, so I can't say what does happen.)

[Paul1980au]

Well when antartica treaty runs out one would think that they will re sign it. To much to lose on an environmental basis there.