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No, but all three astronauts (not just Neil Armstrong) filled one out as a joke.Back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through CustomsToday’s astronauts have to go through Customs when they come back to the United States, not because they have been to space, but because they have come back from Kazakhstan! The partnership with Russia means they do a lot of international travel.Buzz Aldrin did seriously fill out a NASA travel expenses claim form that covered his trip to the moon. That’s because he had some travel expenses on Earth before they went up.

Legal professionals, what is your best example of showing that a witness was lying whilst giving their testimony?I will leave it up to other answers to discuss the various techniques for showing a witness to be a liar on the stand, but OP asked for examples. I have one! Names, amounts, etc. have been changed to protect the guilty.A number of years ago, quite early in my career, I represented a well-known US airline in a small-claims-court case that had been brought by a disgruntled passenger who claimed that my client had lost his luggage. He was suing for the value of the clothing, toiletries, etc. that were in the bag he claimed my client lost.Lost bag claims happen quite frequently, as one might imagine (duh!).Usually, the airline quickly settles out-of-court, gladly paying the (depreciated) value of the clothing and personal effects they lost, so long as the claim appears reasonable (and so long as the airline cannot produce proof that it did, in fact, deliver the bag to its actual owner — yes, I know, they have improved the baggage-claim technology these days so they can prove this, so don’t get any ideas. But, bear with me.) In addition to the airline usually being helpless to produce countervailing evidence, it was also rarely worth it, economically, for the airline to pay a lawyer, whose fees could easily exceed the value of the lost bag. In most cases, they would pay the damage and move on, as simply part of the cost of doing business.In this instance, the airline had some evidence they thought would make their case a slam-dunk AGAINST the claimant passenger, so they were willing to go to the trouble of hiring a lawyer (and paying by the hour) to take this tiny case to court.As a small-claims case, there was no pre-trial discovery; both sides just get up in front of a judge and state their case (and, of course, submit to cross-examination by the other side, if they put on any evidence). We had, going in, the claimaint’s own Lost Baggage Claim form he had submitted to my client, whom we will call Airline A, after the alleged incident. The claimant also helpfully attached a copy of this list to the Complaint he had filed in Small Claims Court. It itemized, in great detail, the things he claimed we had lost. I had something else in my briefcase, as well, which my client’s insurance carrier had obtained from another source. More about that later.The disgruntled passenger went first; he got up and, under oath, stated that Airline A had lost his bag when he was traveling from City B to City C on date X, and that the list he had submitted to the airline, and had attached to his complaint, was a true and correct listing of every item he had lost.Then it was my turn to get up and cross-examine him. Holding a paper in my hand, flipped over to the last page, I showed it to him and asked, “Is that your signature?” He affirmed it was.“Is this a claim form you submitted to the airline for your lost bag?” Yes, it was. (Notice my careful wording of this question, which did NOT name the airline, nor state the date of the occurrence.)“This form says you lost 2 pair of khaki Dockers, is that correct?” Yes.“Which you valued at $43.95 each?” Yes.“And you lost 1 pair of navy blue Dockers?” Yes.“Which you also valued at $43.95?”“And you lost 4 Ralph Lauren button-down, Oxford-blue shirts?” Yes.“Worth $58.99 each?” Yes.“And one pair of Florsheim brown dress wing-tip Oxfords?” Yes.“Worth 159.99?” Yes.“And you lost one Land’s End toiletry bag, Hunter Green?” Yes.“Valued at $25.98?” Yes.“Containing two Gillette Trac II razors, valued at $3.98 each?” Yes.“And one can of Foamy shave cream, unopened, valued at $2.99?” Yes.And so on and so on. It was a long list. The total claimed came to nearly two thousand dollars.“And all of this was contained in a brown Samsonite overnighter case, which you valued at $189.00?” Yes.“For a total claim of exactly $1,962.48?” Yes.While we were doing this, the judge was following along carefully with the lost baggage claim form that the plaintiff had submitted along with his complaint against Airline A, which was part of the Court record. He seemed a bit miffed I was wasting the Court’s busy time going over Plaintiff’s laundry list item by item.I then showed the Plaintiff, who was still on the witness stand, the document I had been reading from.I asked him to look at the FIRST page of the document. He visibly blanched.I asked him, “Sir, is this a copy of the claim form you submitted to Airline D, on date Y, signing your name to certify it was true and correct?” Yes, it was.The judge suddenly looked at the plaintiff as though he had daggers in his eyes.On that day, you were traveling between City E and City F, is that correct?” Yes.“And this claim form you submitted to Airline D for a loss you claim occurred on date Y lists exactly the same lost items that you included in the claim you submitted to my client, Airline A, for a loss you claim occurred on your trip from City B to City C on date X, is that correct?” Yes.“Your honor, I rest my case.”The judge asked the plaintiff if he had anything to say, in closing argument. The plaintiff demurred. The judge then told me he was going to waive closing argument for the defense (Airline A), in that he had already decided he was going to rule in Airline A’s favor on the plaintiff’s claim, and the judge asked me if I had any motions I would like to present to the court before he passed judgment.I said, “Yes, your honor, Airline A respectfully moves that costs and fees be assessed against Plaintiff as a sanction for a frivolous filing.”“Motion granted.”The fraudulent claimant wound up having to reimburse Airline A (actually, their insurance carrier) for the fees and costs they had incurred in hiring me as their lawyer.Moral of the story: SOMETIMES liars are caught, and sometimes they can wind up having financial consequences, even if they think that filing a fraudulent claim of loss is a “can’t lose” situation because “the worst that can happen is I don’t get anything.”Wrong. A LOT worse can happen. And sometimes does.Thanks for the A2A.

Canadian here from Winnipeg, Manitoba.Below are the extras for which I have private insurance. There are, of course, coverage limits, depending on what insurance plan you choose. I’ve always had extended coverage through work and now through a retiree group plan.travel health incl. trip cancellation, and repatriation or burial (if I expire during the trip)dentaloptician, optometrist and prescription glassesorthotics and orthopedic shoeshearing aidsprescription drugsexcluded therapies e.g. chiropractor, physiotherapist, massage, acupunctureambulancehome care & private duty nursingsemi-private hospital roomcoverage for dependent childrenPayment arrangements differ by provider…My pharmacist has my insurance info on file and is reimbursed directly by the insurance company.I pay my dentist out-of-pocket, and my dentist submits the claim for me. Once the claim is settled, the insurer reimburses me.Other providers may have similar arrangements, or I may need to pay them, then submit the claim form myself.Hope that helps.