Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1952arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
arrow-up1942arrow-down1imageTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
minus-squarecatloaflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoIt’s definitely just taking the piss. They got picked up in the ocean by the USS Hornet, put in quarantine, and were flown in quarantine directly to Houston. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Receiving_Laboratory Buzz Aldrin also filed a travel reimbursement voucher: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/03/buzz-aldrin-travel-expenses-moon-apollo-11
It’s definitely just taking the piss. They got picked up in the ocean by the USS Hornet, put in quarantine, and were flown in quarantine directly to Houston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Receiving_Laboratory
Buzz Aldrin also filed a travel reimbursement voucher: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/03/buzz-aldrin-travel-expenses-moon-apollo-11