When They Got Back from the Moon, Apollo 11 Astronauts Went through Customs - Neatorama

NASA has confirmed that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins went through customs upon their return to Earth and the United States. They filled out the above form, declaring their travel itinerary and that they had brought back moon rocks, dust, and samples through the US border. They did not mention the whiskey smuggled inside Aldrin's suitcase.

Link -via Geekosystem

Did they go through one of those body scanners?

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Yes, but did they have to get a finger scan? ;)

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TSA patdowns

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"Any other condition on board which may lead to the spread of disease: TO BE DETERMINED"

Hah!

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It would be funny if they were denied entry and extradited back to where they came.

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@number1guy - yes, it would be hoot if they were declared illegal "aliens."

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So if they went through customs, that means they were shooting the 'landing' on the moon maybe in Mexico or Canada :)
Another proof it never happened!!!

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Seems to me this is needless bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. "They left the U.S., so they gotta go through customs!"

The first people to go to the motherf-ing MOON and they're made to fill out PAPERWORK!?

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@ingsoc: you can read Honolulu airport right?

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"They did not mention the whiskey smuggled inside Aldrin’s suitcase."

I thought that was moonshine.

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The U.S gov has to do it so they can waist as much tax payer money as possible

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Comment deleted. Play nicely, Literacy FTW.

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Hilarious.

@number1guy -- HAHAHAHA.

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I question whether this really happened -- there is no Govt Form number at the bottom. I've worked over 30 years with the Govt and haven't seen any form that didn't have some form number at the bottom.

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