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>> LISTEN, LISTEN TO THE WORDS

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OF THREE MEN FLYING AROUND THE MOON.

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>> NOW APPROACHING LUNAR SUNRISE AND FOR ALL

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THE PEOPLE BACK ON EARTH,

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THE CREW OF APOLLO 8 HAS A MESSAGE

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THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND TO YOU

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>> APOLLO 8 ORIGINALLY WAS AN EARTH ORBITAL

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MISSION EXERCISING A LUNAR MODULE.

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BUT THE LUNAR MODULE WAS WAY BEHIND.

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WE HAD INFORMATION THAT THE

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RUSSIANS WERE GOING TO PUT A

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MAN AROUND THE MOON PROBABLY IN

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DECEMBER OF 1968.

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>> THE PEOPLE IN NASA CAME UP

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WITH THE IDEA OF MOVING APOLLO 8

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TO A LUNAR ORBITAL MISSION.

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>> WHY DON'T WE SEND THE COMMAND SERVICE

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MODULE OF APOLLO 8

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TO ORBIT THE MOON AND WE CAN LEARN

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A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION

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SYSTEM, THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM,

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HOW THE MOON'S GRAVITY WOULD

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AFFECT ORBITING SPACECRAFT,

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LOOK FOR A SUITABLE LANDING SPOT.

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>> SO WE HAD TO CONDENSE INTO

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FOUR MONTHS WHAT TAKES A YEAR

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TO 18 MONTHS OF TRAINING.

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EVERYBODY WAS MOTIVATED,

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EVERYBODY WAS DEDICATED AND THE

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BASIC IDEA WAS TO BEAT THE

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RUSSIANS TO THE MOON.

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THAT WAS A POLITICAL GOAL AND

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SET BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY, AND

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WE WERE ALL DETERMINED TO MEET IT

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AND TO BEAT IT.

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>> APOLLO 8 DEVELOPED A LOT OF ATTENTION

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IT FILLED A BIG SQUARE IN

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PREPARATION FOR LATER APOLLO FLIGHT.

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>> WELL, I GOT INTO THE BIG SATURN V

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THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME

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THAT MAN HAD ACTUALLY LAUNCHED

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ON A SATURN V.

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BUT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AFTER

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THE FOUR MONTHS OF HEAVY TRAINING,

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I SAID I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO THE MOON.

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>> THE ENGINES ARE ON.

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>> 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.

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>> THE SATURN V STILL IS THE

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MOST POWERFUL MACHINE EVER MADE

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AND FOR 17 MISSIONS IT FLEW PERFECTLY.

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>> WE HAD ORBITED THE EARTH,

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FIRST OF ALL, TO CHECK OUR SPACECRAFT OUT.

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THEN WHEN EVERYTHING WAS FINE

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AND THE SPACECRAFT LOOKED FINE TO GO TO THE MOON

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WE WENT TO SPACE FOR A SECOND TIME

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>> WE COULD ACTUALLY COAST ALL

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THE WAY TO THE MOON.

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>> AND AFTER A WHILE CAN YOU

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LOOK BACK AND SEE THE EARTH

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GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.

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>> PEOPLE ON EARTH TEND TO CALL

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THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON THE DARK SIDE.

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THAT'S THE MISNOMER.

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ON OUR FLIGHT, THE MOON WAS

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BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN

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AND THE FAR SIDE WAS LIT BY THE SUN.

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>> AND WE SAW THE FAR SIDE,

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WE WERE LIKE THREE SCHOOL KIDS

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LOOKING THROUGH A CANDY STORE WINDOW.

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JUST STARING

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AT THE UNNAMED CRATERS AS THEY SLOWLY PASSED US BY.

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WE WERE BUSY SHOOTING PICTURES

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OF THE LUNAR SURFACE

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FOR LANDING SITES FOR

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UPCOMING LUNAR LANDINGS.

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AND SUDDENLY, I LOOKED OUT THE

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WINDOW, AND HERE WAS THIS

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GORGEOUS ORB COMING UP, AND I

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THOUGHT, HOLY MOLEY.

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>> AND THERE OVER THE LUNAR LANDSCAPE WAS THE EARTH

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THE EARTH WAS BEAUTIFUL.

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IT WAS THE ONLY THING IN THE

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WHOLE UNIVERSE THAT HAD ANY COLOR.

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>> I HAD FOUGHT TO HAVE A LONG

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LENS AND COLOR FILM.

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I DIDN'T HAVE A LIGHT METER.

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JUST BANGED OFF A DOZEN OR SO PICTURES,

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CHANGING THE F-STOP EACH CLICK.

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>> I PUT MY THUMB UP TO THE WINDOW OF THE SPACECRAFT

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AND I COULD COMPLETELY HIDE THE

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EARTH BEHIND MY THUMB.

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THE EARTH IS A MERE SPECK IN

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THE MILKY WAY GALAXY, LOOK WHAT

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WE HAVE HERE, WATER AND AN ATMOSPHERE

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ORBITING A STAR,

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JUST AT THE PROPER DISTANCE TO ABSORB THAT STAR'S ENERGY.

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GOD HAS GIVEN MANKIND A STAGE

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UPON WHICH TO PERFORM.

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HOW THE PLAY TURNS OUT IS UP TO US.

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>> FOR ALL THE PEOPLE BACK ON EARTH,

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THE CREW OF APOLLO 8 HAS

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A MESSAGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND TO YOU.

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IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED

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THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH, AND

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THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID,

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AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP.

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THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE

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THE FACE OF THE WATERS, AND GOD

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SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT, AND THERE WAS LIGHT.

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AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT THAT IT WAS GOOD.

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FROM THE CREW OF APOLLO 8,

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WE CLOSE WITH GOOD NIGHT, GOOD LUCK

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A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND

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GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU ON

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THE GOOD EARTH.

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>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR AMERICA

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TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

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THAT DRIVES TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THE

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IMPORTANT FACETS OF THE APOLLO

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PROGRAM WAS THE COORDINATION

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AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDUSTRY