Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-up1945arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
arrow-up1935arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·9 months agoSo I guess this is the US government admitting we don’t own the moon 🙁
minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoThat’s already the case due to a treaty.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoTreaties are made to be broken.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoI’m more interested in where the “border” is in this case. At what altitude are you no longer considered to be in US airspace?
So I guess this is the US government admitting we don’t own the moon 🙁
That’s already the case due to a treaty.
Treaties are made to be broken.
I’m more interested in where the “border” is in this case. At what altitude are you no longer considered to be in US airspace?