TIL Apollo 15 astronauts Scott, Worden and Irwin secretly carried 400 unauthorized postal covers in one of Scott’s spacesuit pockets to the Moon aboard the Falcon. They took payments for carrying the covers; were reprimanded by NASA and never flew in space again.
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thomasnomad t1_iuk4a9v wrote
That is a direct rip from "The Man Who Sold The Moon". Heinlein had his character sell "stamped on moon" postage as part of his grift.
DD Harriman is my hero.