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Re:Apollo 14 50th anniversary images find Alan Shepard's bal... by Someone on Friday February 05, 2021 @04:09AM (#26034443)
There was a regulated way for astronauts to take personal stuff with them (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_preference_kitb http://spaceflownartifacts.com/flown_ppks.html. Note that these bags had a part number, showing how well planned this was).

That likely was done because it helped, psychologically.

What you put in those bags had to be approved, so things got smuggled in, too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_items_smuggled_into_sp...). I think that was somewhat known, and ‘allowed’, again for psychological reasons.

Re:Apollo 14 50th anniversary images find Alan Shepard's bal... by rozab on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:08AM (#26035866)
Wow, today I learned that Neil Armstrong took bits of the Wright Flyer to the moon.