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40 Years Ago Today: Apollo 8

BySteeljawscribe 24 December 200824 December 2008

Forty years ago, man had slipped the gravitational pull that had kept him shackled  in orbit around his home planet, and boldly struck out for the Moon.   Forty years ago, in a live broadcast on Christmas Eve  for the ages, he sent back stunning images of his world and our perspective was forever changed:  William…

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“…that may have been a small one for Neil…”

BySteeljawscribe 19 November 200719 November 2007

November 19th, 1969: 115:22:16 Conrad: (As he lands) Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me. (Pause)     [Jones – "I understand that there was a bet on your saying that."]     [Bean – "Who’d you bet?"]     [Conrad – "You know who I bet."]…

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