TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders. - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.

2y 4mon ago by lemmy.world/u/pixelmeow in the_heinlein_society

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12029106

I love that 'moon' is written under 'place.'

Customs, not immigration. There's a huge difference. Everyone has to go through customs every time they leave their home country and return. Just because the form is also used for immigration doesn't mean it was in this case.

Thanks, the text is from the original post.

But TIL that too :)

Bureaucracy can be pretty fuckin dumb

If we ever make it to Mars and the first man to walk on that planet comes back and I can finagle a flimsy legal justification to get a meeting I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Did you get this from channel 5?

It’s a crosspost. I’m unfamiliar with “channel 5”, sorry.