Apollo 8 - 50th Anniversay

[troutman]

Very good podcast by The Planetary Society on Apollo 8, that orbited the Moon (for real) on Xmas Eve 1968. Interview with author of Rocket Men.

https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=57804395&autoplay=1

This is the 50th anniversary of the most audacious space mission in history. Apollo 8 blazed a path for the first moon landing seven months later, and gave a troubled nation reason for hope and pride.# Author Robert Kurson has written Rocket Men as a tribute to--and chronicle of—the mission and the people who made it happen. The new edition of The Planetary Report is now available to all, according to Senior editor Emily Lakdawalla.# Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts also celebrates Apollo 8 in this week’s What’s Up.# Learn more at:# http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/...-apollo-8.html

Also noteable for perhaps the most famous photo ever taken: Earthrise

[troutman]

Xmas Eve message:

https://youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.

[troutman]

Why Apollo 8 Mattered
Apollo 11 couldn't have happened without the December 1968 mission that proved the moon was within reach, and showed us our planet like we'd never seen it before.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/spa...6464/apollo-8/

[Manhattanboy]

Thanks for these! Great stuff.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by troutman

Why Apollo 8 Mattered
Apollo 11 couldn't have happened without the December 1968 mission that proved the moon was within reach, and showed us our planet like we'd never seen it before.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/spa...6464/apollo-8/

I remember a few years later arguing with an uncle over the realness of this pic and others from the moon landings, he totally believed the whole thing was fake because there were no stars in the sky

I think he died with those thoughts