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

I love that ‘moon’ is written under ‘place.’

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    The quarantine turned out to be needless, but I understand why they did it. You have to prove landing on the moon is not a biological threat and that’s pretty much the only way to do it.