I love that ‘moon’ is written under ‘place.’

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    My mother-in-law is ex-army and she takes advantage of every single deal and loophole she can find. I don’t blame her and I don’t blame Buzz. I especially don’t blame Buzz. He put his life on the line to go to the fucking moon. Reimburse him for whatever the hell he wants.

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      9 months ago

      Not to mention, the guy spent three weeks cooped up in an Airstream trailer with nothing to do but eat steaks and drink whiskey. I’d guess that it’s not impossible he did this itinerary to stave off boredom one day.

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          9 months ago

          I mean, a couple days, sure. Even a week. But after three weeks with only the same four other people (the two other astronauts + two NASA employees) and never being allowed to leave, when you went to the MOON and were allowed to go stretch your legs a few days in? It would get pretty old.

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      9 months ago

      Oh, absolutely. And tbh, $280 is nothing to sneeze at. I would definitely report that kind of money, even if I had just been to the moon. Maybe especially if I had.