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An earlier astronaut (Alan Shepard?; anyway mentioned in Mike Collins magisterial Carrying the Fire) also submitted a milage charge for one of his space voyages.
There are a lot of miles in each orbit. The numbers added up quickly. The astronaut got a bill for the cost of the launch rocket, a much bigger number.
A sense of humor from a government pay-roll specialist! Everyone laughed, and moved on. No milage claim or booster rocket cost were paid.
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