Do you land on The Mun or do you land on Mun?

[SiliconPyro]

Simple enough, but I've seen it typed both ways. What do you prefer?

[PDCWolf]

I voted the second one. I also use "I land on the moon", it's a moon after all so it is technically correct.

[SiliconPyro]

I voted the second one. I also use "I land on the moon", it's a moon after all so it is technically correct.

Well, it isn't THE moon, it's A moon. But if you've been playing long enough, you remember when it was all we had to cra . . . land on.

[LongbowEOD]

My headcanon is that "mun" and "Mun" mean the same to kerbals as "moon" and "Moon" mean to us, respectively. They call Laythe, Vall, Tylo, etc. the Joolian muns; Ike is the mun of Duna; and so on. But anytime they refer to "the Mun" it is understood they are talking about the larger mun of Kerbin. Just my $0.02.

[SiliconPyro]

My headcanon is that "mun" and "Mun" mean the same to kerbals as "moon" and "Moon" mean to us, respectively. They call Laythe, Vall, Tylo, etc. the Joolian muns; Ike is the mun of Duna; and so on. But anytime they refer to "the Mun" it is understood they are talking about the larger mun of Kerbin. Just my $0.02.

That's an interesting perspective.

[OneEyedShark]

I land on a moon called Mun and sometimes Mün. but not The Mun or The Mün, just like it's Minmus and not The Minmus. (as of 26-02-2014 (and longer mabye?))

Edited February 26, 2014 by OneEyedShark

[DeathFromBelow]

I prefer it with 'the' just because "I landed on Mun" sounds ridiculous when I'm explaining the game to other people.

[Akinesis]

I voted the second one. I also use "I land on the moon", it's a moon after all so it is technically correct.

Actually, it's a natural satellite. Earth's satellite is called the Moon. It's a common misconception that satellites are 'moons'. There is only one Moon, as there is only one Earth, as there is only one Europa, etc.

It's just socially accepted that all satellite's are called 'moons' now.

[Fiddlestyx]

I land on the It Doesn't Matter.

[Silverchain]

The Mun, or where-the-heck's-the-umlaut-gone the Mün.

[mellojoe]

I voted for "The Mun" but in reality I use "the Mun". The capital T makes a difference. I think of it in terms of Earth analogs. We call it "the moon", and sometimes we call it "the Moon". And so therfore, I use the same. That would technically mean that we are supposed to call Laythe and Bop "muns" of Jool, but I still use the word "moons" to describe other satellite bodies.

[The Destroyer]

The MÃœN! Of course!

[Spica]

I always say Mün, with the umlaut of course. I think it helps differentiate between the two pronunciations of the (real) Moon, and the (KSP) Mün.

[Pecan]

I crash.

But, since it's what you're really asking - I land on A moon/satellite of Kerbin which might be called 'Mun' or 'Minmus'. In real life no-one talks about the Mars. Mind you, the only way I can think of referring to Kerbin's satellites together is 'lunar' which is almost certainly wrong (comes from the Latin). In the same way I think of 'Kerbol's solar system - the first only started in these wiki/forums and the second refers to our, real life, star 'Sol'.

Any actual astronomers out there?

[Clockwork13]

I voted for "I just crash into things" for fun, but I use them both equally.

[timsfitz]

So.... If Jeb shows you his butt... Is he "munning" you?

[Brotoro]

I land on The Mün.

Although not recently, really.

[RSwordsman]

Even though "Mun" is a proper name, I usually say "the moon." I should use the correct spelling though, because there is more than one around Kerbin XD.

[Dangerous_Beans]

i mostly land on Minimus, gravity wells scare me (don't mention the purple one).

though i do refer to the Mun, rather than just Mun. which is weird now i think about it.

[Taki117]

For me it really depends on what I'm saying. i.e "Today I landed on the Mun." vs "Today, Mun was landed on."

[MarvinKitFox]

Earth's satellite is called the Moon..

Nope, except by lazy americans in nasa.

The moon that orbits Earth is called Luna.

Calling it "The moon" is acceptable, if a bit bigoted, as it is the only naked-eye-visible moon we have.

Calling it "The Moon" or "Moon" is incorrect. Moon is not its name, its a descriptive.

Even nasa is inconsistent with their naming.. They refer to Luna as "Moon", yet when talking of building a lander for it, they call it a "Lunar" lander not a "Moonar" lander.

You might as well try to call our sun "Sun" instead of its name which is "Sol"!

[ZenithRising]

I think of Mun as a proper noun (not a Kerbal misspelling of "moon"), so I land on Mun.

[Superfluous J]

I think of Mun as a proper noun (not a Kerbal misspelling of "moon"), so I land on Mun.

Same here. I also don't land on "The Minmus" or "The Kerbin."

FTR I also go into Munar orbit.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

I say the Mün, and pronounce it as such. (Mo-o-n)

[OneEyedShark]

The moon that orbits Earth is called Luna.

Nope it's called MÃ¥nen

...call our sun "Sol" instead of its name which is "Sol"!

Like in danish: En sol, Solen