Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 10 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.imagemessage-square132arrow-up1952arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: customs_brokerthe_heinlein_society
arrow-up1942arrow-down1imageTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square132file-textcross-posted to: customs_brokerthe_heinlein_society
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 months agoProblem is that Luna means moon (a planet’s satellite) in romance languages like Spanish. If we’re giving proper toponyms for the earth’s satellite itself and its subdivisions, we should try and avoid generic names like Luna .
Problem is that Luna means moon (a planet’s satellite) in romance languages like Spanish. If we’re giving proper toponyms for the earth’s satellite itself and its subdivisions, we should try and avoid generic names like Luna .
Then Lua!
It’s also moon in Portuguese.
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