Dec 24, 1968 from the Apollo 8 crew: "God bless all of you on the good Earth"

edbermac

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Wed Dec-24-08 08:47 PM
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Dec 24, 1968 from the Apollo 8 crew: "God bless all of you on the good Earth"

I remember being glued to the TV set 40 years ago today, enthralled by that grainy B&W video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnyNXLXl8iA

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Regret My New Name

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Wed Dec-24-08 08:52 PM
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1. Almost looks real...

ohh wait, apollo 8... I guess the moon conspiracy comment I was going to say wouldn't work...

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stevedeshazer

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Wed Dec-24-08 08:54 PM
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2. I remember, too

*sigh*

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conscious evolution

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Wed Dec-24-08 09:28 PM
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3. Same here.

One of my earliest TV memories.On the new COLOR tv santa brought us.

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Historic NY

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Wed Dec-24-08 10:19 PM
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4. I remember watching it with my father, one of the last things we saw

together. We had a aluminum tree that yr with a multicolor spotlight wheel.

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