Fifty years ago:

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"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we wish you Good Night, Good Luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you on the good Earth."
--Cmdr. Frank Borman, Apollo 8, from lunar orbit Christmas Eve, 1968.

Merry Christmas, DU!! Peace On Earth, and Good Will Toward Men.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. "Yes Houston...

there IS a Santa Claus"

[lastlib]

2. The first words heard on Earth from lunar orbit.

[jimlup]

3. Good God? 50 years

How the hell did that happen.

I remember that night well and watched the event live.

Sobering to think that technologically, we couldn't do it today.

[marybourg]

4. That photo's been hanging in my house,

every house, ever since. But 50 years?

[Persondem]

5. Earthrise ... a very cool pic. Thank you for the reminder. Pax vobiscum. nt

[George II]

6. I remember that night. We were all glued to the television even though there was no live picture.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

18. Had it taped on reel to reel for years.

Cannot find it anymore. Groan. That was one big recording device.

[elocs]

7. I remember as a kid in grade school getting herded into the cafeteria/gym

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to watch the early space launches. It's amazing to think that it was almost just 7 1/2 years after John Glenn went up that we landed on the moon.

[rickyhall]

8. Good news

to end a bad year for freedom

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10. I was only 11, but it gave me hope for the future.

A very powerful moment in my life, and, I think, for millions of others.

[FuzzyRabbit]

9. This is what we did fifty years ago?

And now look at us. How did we go so horribly wrong?

[lastlib]

11. (well, it started about six weeks before.....

...when we elected Nixon--and it's mostly gone downhill ever since. With a few pleasant interludes, to be sure, but....Nixon, Reagun, the Bushes, Gingrich, the Clinton impeachment, a couple wars, Tea Party, Individual 1......and that's where we're at.)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. and all to feed the looters

That's a very concise, but sadly accurate, summation you give.

[Mr.Bill]

13. And later when we landed on the moon,

we left behind a plaque that read "We came in peace for all mankind".

[scarytomcat]

14. and now we are going to have a space force

arming the moon

[George II]

19. The plaque. And since the moon has no atmosphere it probably looks the same 46 years later....

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[apkhgp]

12. This picture should serve as a message

That we can do things right. That this country is ready and willing to perform a job like this the way it is supposed to be done.

And when we listen to fools and those of us who speak of crazed plans that take us in the wrong direction we should be able to push them aside. We ended up in this state and come next month we strt on getting out of it.

[WinstonSmith4740]

15. Love this picture.

It's always been one of my favorites. Serves to remind me of the fantastic things we can do when we set our minds to it.

[Martin Eden]

17. That image was amazingly powerful

And still is.

Thanks for sharing.