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[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+1|-1)

For a full day, Schmitt suffered from what he described as "lunar hay fever." His eyes watered, his throat throbbed, and he broke into a sneezing fit.

"Fit." Why were any of them allowed to return to Earth?

[–] Owlchemy [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Back in those days they used to put them in quarantine for weeks after they returned, as I recall.

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+1|-1)

It could be catastrophically unfortunate if whatever they were exposed to had a life expectancy longer than a few weeks, just like humans' life expectancy.