Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square130fedilinkarrow-up1947arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1937arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThey knew that was extremely unlikely anything biological would have been brought back from the moon since they knew that the moon’s surface should be sterile. They just couldn’t prove it, so they had to take precautions.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoTrue. I’m just salty about the inanity of that movie’s ending.
They knew that was extremely unlikely anything biological would have been brought back from the moon since they knew that the moon’s surface should be sterile. They just couldn’t prove it, so they had to take precautions.
True. I’m just salty about the inanity of that movie’s ending.