Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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-square126fedilinkarrow-up1953arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1943arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoWouldn’t Michael Collins need a different form? His would need to say moon orbit not moon. I would expect bureaucrats to care about that.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoHe was in lunar “territorial waters,” so to speak, so it probably counts.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIf Earth orbit doesn’t count as leaving Earth, then Lunar orbit counts as being in Lunar territory.
Wouldn’t Michael Collins need a different form? His would need to say moon orbit not moon. I would expect bureaucrats to care about that.
He was in lunar “territorial waters,” so to speak, so it probably counts.
If Earth orbit doesn’t count as leaving Earth, then Lunar orbit counts as being in Lunar territory.