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I love that 'moon' is written under 'place.'

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 77 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Apollo 13 Jack Swigert requested a Tax Filing extension while headed to the moon:

"How do I apply for an extension?" he asked from space to those in Mission Control, who began to laugh. "Things kind of happened real fast down there and I need an extension. I'm really serious."

Flight director Glynn Lunney later reassured the astronaut: American citizens who were out of the country received a 60-day filing extension. "I assume this applies," he told the astronaut, who was already far from the planet at that time.

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[-] dellish@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

I love how this was added to the Apollo 13 movie. As they're floating about feeling cold and miserable Swigert gets told he has been granted an extension as he is "definitely out of the country".

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Such a good movie

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

See I would have just assumed this was an incredible line added by some hilarious writer. The fact that it’s true is just chefs kiss perfect

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

After Apollo 13's safe return, Grumman Aerospace sent North American Aviation an invoice for "Towing fees" as the lunar module was the active ship during much of the outbound and all of the inbound leg of the mission.

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