Anything to Delare, Mr. Aldrin?

[bondwooley]

Say what you want about the customs department, immigration department or homeland security. They know how to state the obvious. Even when it makes them look a bit looney.

Yesterday, Buzz “Man in the Moon” Aldrin tweeted an image of his favorite astronautical memorabilia: the customs declaration form that absolutely had to be completed when he emerged from that famous business trip of his.

It seemed too good not to share.
“If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won’t.”
~Hyman Rickover

(Original post at http://lesterandcharlie.com/2015/08/03/anything-to-declare/)

[fayhunter]

1. But

...what was in the overhead compartment?

[irisblue]

2. Moon rocks and moon dust .......hahahahahahhahahahahahahaha

departure Moon

[fayhunter]

3. Come to think of it

... weren't those things that should have had a fee from customs? I'd have to pay one, I'm sure.

[Retrograde]

7. Well, they were out of the country for more than 48 hours

so they may have come under the duty-free allowance. Especially if the three pooled their allowances.

Or they could have argued that the samples had no commercial value and were just personal keepsakes.

[MicaelS]

4. "Now Arriving, Apollo 11...

At Gate 1. All passengers please proceed to Customs. "

[scrubthedata]

18. LOL! nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. ...

[Codeine]

5. Neil Armstrong's signature is amazing!

That's pure fucking style.

[longship]

6. One cannot post a Buzz Aldrin thread without this.

Buzz at his best.

Buzz Aldrin 1
Bart Sibrel 0

Buzz Aldrin, a class act.

[dhill926]

8. now THAT made my afternoon...

[bondwooley]

9. LOL

[pinboy3niner]

10. "Any other condition on board which may lead to the spread of disease?" "To be determined"

I think Buzz watched Twilight Zone.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. They were in quarantine for another 17 days

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/apollo-11/journey-home.cfm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Splashdown_and_quarantine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-Terrestrial_Exposure_Law

As were the Apollo 12 and 14 crews (see, the Apollo 13 astronauts did get lucky!&quot . After that, they decided there wasn't any danger.

[pinboy3niner]

13. And that was even long before 'Alien' came out

[scrubthedata]

11. Is that really all he brought back?

I thought he brought back Donald Trump and and Ted Cruz.

[pinboy3niner]

15. They looked for Obama's birth certificate but came up empty

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Plus his travel voucher for $33.31 Cape Kennedy to Houston, via the Moon

Rumour has it that one astronaut put in an expense claim for travel at a standard rate to the Moon and back, and was countered with a form requesting reimbursement for the cost of a rocket which he had not returned in good working condition.

[pinboy3niner]

16. LOL!

At the government mileage reimbursement rate then of 10 cents, that would have been quite a bill.

[randome]

17. He was on an episode of The Big Bang Theory, too, satirizing himself at Halloween. Cool dude.

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