Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoHe was in lunar “territorial waters,” so to speak, so it probably counts.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.