Fifty years after Apollo 8, a nation yearns for a mission

[Elderberry]

Houston Chronicle By The Editorial Board Dec. 23, 2018

Never before had humans been so alone.

As the Apollo 8 capsule slipped behind the moon, the three men on board — Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders — found themselves utterly isolated from the planet they called home. Their sight of Earth was lost to the lifeless rock. Radio transmissions from mission control went silent. They were the first to ever see the dark side of the moon.

As they continued their orbit around the Earth’s most familiar satellite, slipping in and out of blackness, the three men took a moment to transmit a message home, one appropriate for the date — Christmas Eve, 50 years ago tonight.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” Lunar Module Pilot William Anders read from the Bible.

“And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

Suddenly, on that night half-a-century ago, humanity had never before been so united.

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[kidd]

I remember when there was a moon mission every six months or so.
People actually were getting bored with them.

We landed twelve men on the moon and got them home safely. With sixties technology.
Truly amazing