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thisismills
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posted 06-21-2021 11:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for thisismills   Click Here to Email thisismills     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Noticed an interesting design on the cover of a Gemini 7/6 report. I couldn't help but think of a possible early connection to the eventual Apollo 8 logo design.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-22-2021 09:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As cited by Gene Dorr on his website, Jim Lovell takes credit for sketching out the Apollo 8 patch.

As Lovell also flew on Gemini 7, maybe he saw this report and later it subconsciously influenced his ideas for the Apollo 8 emblem. That said, it is easy to see how he could have also arrived at the design independently.

edorr
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posted 06-23-2021 11:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for edorr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's a really great find -- what publication did it appear in?

I can just imagine Lovell's brain working — combining that "trajectory" with the Apollo CM-shape from the original Apollo 8 patch (S68-53480):

(As an aside, I'm pretty sure MPAD stands for Mission Planning and Analysis Division; organizationally, MPAD was part of the Director of Flight Operations, so ADFO could be "Assistant Director of Flight Operations"; and the Flight Analysis Branch (FAB) was part of MPAD.)

thisismills
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posted 06-23-2021 12:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for thisismills   Click Here to Email thisismills     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It is from the cover of a work schedule report from the FAB (Flight Analysis Branch) for the Gemini 7/6 mission dating to December 1965 (eBay 284232940759).

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