Astronauts returning from the moon go through "customs" as well as travelers

"CustomsWhat is "something" is an institution to maintain orderly trade by collecting customs duties, customs clearance of import / export cargo, and crackdown on smuggling. Many people know because they are indebted to me when traveling overseas.

In other words, this customs office checks every item brought into the country by a person who goes abroad, but its destinations are applied not only on the earth, that is, in the moon etc, and in the US how the space flight returned from the moon Customs inspections and customs procedures were also actually carried out for men.

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This article is from Columbia UniversityProfessor Steven M. BellovinIs published as "genuine Hongwon" on his homepage and the bureaucracy system is sometimes cited as a case of doing irrational things.

Also in the news below, there is a terrible fact that customs checks when returning from the month.

Giant leap for mankind was not enough to clear Customs - Independent Online Edition> Science & amp; Technology

The customs procedure for the astronaut who returned from the world's first moon is the first Apollo project, the first human landing mission landing missionApollo 11It is already done at the time of the ship, Neil Armstrong captain, Michael Collins, Edwin "buzz" · Aldrin are actually doing customs procedures. According to the document at that time, the departure point is "moon", the arrival point is "Honolulu", the date and time is July 24, 1969. In short, it seems to have done the inspection to see what had been brought back from the moon, whether there are any unknown pathogens, etc., whether the Ayashii thing has not been brought back to the Earth without permission. It seems to have done things to do as customs ... ....

By the way, it is not clear whether Customs was involved in the mission after Apollo 11 as well, and it is said that the fact is unknown at the present moment buried in the mountains of huge materials.

This is not only going to the universe, it was done because there was a place where it actually fell, and the customs does not seem to be relevant if only going to the universe.

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However, since there are no launch sites for manned space to go to space at the moment, it seems necessary for Japan to leave the country itself.