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-square128fedilinkarrow-up1938arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: customs_broker@lemmy.worldthe_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
arrow-up1928arrow-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-square128fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: customs_broker@lemmy.worldthe_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoI just watched Life last night, and you know, this seems sensible. e: link
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoThey knew that was extremely unlikely anything biological would have been brought back from the moon since they knew that the moon’s surface should be sterile. They just couldn’t prove it, so they had to take precautions.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoTrue. I’m just salty about the inanity of that movie’s ending.
minus-squarevenusenvy47@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s a little cheesy, but I like Last Days on Mars for a similar topic.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoOh lord. I’ve now watched that and it was infuriatingly stupid. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
minus-squarevenusenvy47@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoSorry if I misled you. I like it as a horror movie and the Mars/spacecraft scenes as a backdrop look pretty good.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoNo worries. I’m always looking for suggestions on scifi to watch! I don’t regret watching it.
I just watched Life last night, and you know, this seems sensible.
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They knew that was extremely unlikely anything biological would have been brought back from the moon since they knew that the moon’s surface should be sterile. They just couldn’t prove it, so they had to take precautions.
True. I’m just salty about the inanity of that movie’s ending.
It’s a little cheesy, but I like Last Days on Mars for a similar topic.
Oh lord. I’ve now watched that and it was infuriatingly stupid. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
Sorry if I misled you. I like it as a horror movie and the Mars/spacecraft scenes as a backdrop look pretty good.
No worries. I’m always looking for suggestions on scifi to watch! I don’t regret watching it.