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APOLLO 8 turns 40.

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APOLLO 8 turns 40.
Posted by spong on Monday, December 22, 2008 10:29 PM

Hi Guys,

Remember that 40 years ago this week Apollo 8 left Earth bound for the moon,and those iconic photos of Earth rise were taken.

To paraphrase the Apollo 8 crew:

We left to explore the moon But we discovered the Earth

 

Chris

"We copy you down Twank,Tranquillity,You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue,we're breathing again, thanks alot" Charlie Duke Capcom Apollo 11 July 20th 1969
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Posted by sprueNglue on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:42 PM

I remember that broadcast on Christmas Eve '68 like it was yesterday! It saved '68. I remember following every minute of the mission. Their Christmas eve message was profound and moving. I even had the Revell model of the Saturn V that I had built earlier that year. Wish I still had that one!

As a side note, I've got 35mm slides that I shot of the Apollo 11 moon walk that I shot off the TV. I'm glad I grew up in the heyday of the space program.

Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach: Alpha Velveeta Knuckle Underwear, you are cleared for take-off. When you hit that nuclear weapons plant... drop a bomb for me! Lt. Commander Block: Uh, Sphincter Mucus Niner Ringworm, roger!
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Posted by Byrne0ut on Thursday, December 25, 2008 1:44 AM
everybody knows they never landed on the moon.  It was all filmed in a soundstage in the arizona desert.  SoapBox [soapbox]
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Posted by eatthis on Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:33 AM

 Byrne0ut wrote:
everybody knows they never landed on the moon.  It was all filmed in a soundstage in the arizona desert.  SoapBox [soapbox]

 

 

rofl

 

snow + 4wd + escessive hp = :)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7egUIS70YM

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