45 years ago today

[cbtengr]

Do any of you remember this event?

"Millions tuned in on December 24, 1968, when Commander Frank Borman, Bill Anders and James Lovell took turns reading from the Book of Genesis as the Apollo 8 orbited the moon."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528471/Apollo-8-astronaut-celebrate-45th-anniversary-famous-1968-Christmas-broadcast-orbiting-earth.html

Merry Christmas to all wherever you may be. And may God continue to bless and protect those of you who are in harms way.

[Javadrinker]

Merry Christmas to all, God bless you and keep you safe.

[The Reaper]

Between Oct 68 and Jul 69, we successfully put five manned Apollo missions into space, culminating in the lunar landing on 20 Jul 69.

In the next three years, we did it five more times (not counting the Apollo 13 aborted mission).

IMHO, our efforts since then have been half-hearted and less than President Kennedy would have hoped for.

The shuttle program was particularly flawed, unsafe, over-promised, and under-delivered.

Just my .02, YMMV.

TR

[cbtengr]

A nice little companion piece. Great photos.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2528936/One-small-click-man-Nasa-releases-17-000-photos-Apollo-program-including-rare-shots-mission-13.html