Buzz Aldrin has completed an expense report after his trip to the moon – Le Figaro

The second man to walk on the moon shared Friday on his Facebook account, a photocopy of a customs declaration and an expense. Buzz Aldrin has recovered 33.31 dollars “travel expenses”.

Buzz Aldrin is used almost like the others! Having set foot on the moon, former NASA astronaut had to complete an expense report to his employer. Buzz Aldrin has been reimbursed to the tune of 33.31 dollars for “travel expenses” – which equates to about $ 215 today, taking into account inflation. This amount was calculated relative to the path he had to make to rally, drive, space based in Houston, Texas from his home. Fortunately for him, he was not forced to advance the cost of transportation to reach the moon!

In addition, upon returning Buzz Aldrin also had to fill out a customs form to declare objects brought back from the Moon. Mainly dust but also twenty-two kilos of moon rock. In the US, we do not mess with the procedure! Buzz Aldrin revealed the existence of these official documents last Friday on his Facebook account. “Because many people have asked, yes, the crew of Apollo 11 had to sign customs forms when we returned from the moon with lunar rocks and lunar dust samples,” he has explained .

According to the book “Moondust: In search for the men Who Fell to Earth,” published in 2005 in the United States, the crew of Apollo 11 was paid $ 8 per day, 63 dollars today with inflation. “When they went to the moon, they received the same compensation they received their basic training: eight dollars a day, with various deductions (such as for housing, because the government provided the bed in the spaceship ) “, explained Andrew Smith, author of the book.

The longest spacewalk

Born January 20, 1930 in New Jersey (eastern US), Buzz Aldrin was trained at the prestigious West Point military academy in New York state (northeast). He then joined the US Air Force and served during the Korean War, before obtaining a doctorate in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 1963, he was selected in the body of the first American astronauts. Six years later, he recorded the then record for the longest space walk through half past five outside the Gemini spacecraft 12. His return to Earth had nevertheless ended with depression and problems alcohol. He has accumulated throughout his career 4500 flight hours including 290 in space. A crater on the Moon, located near the landing site of Apollo 11, named after him.