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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. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by pixelmeow to c/the_heinlein_society

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

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

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[–] CrayonRosary 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] pixelmeow 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks, the text is from the original post.

But TIL that too :)

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bureaucracy can be pretty fuckin dumb

[–] Delphia 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you get this from channel 5?

[–] pixelmeow 2 points 4 months ago

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