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Topic: Photo of the week 216 (December 20, 2008)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-20-2008 03:35 AM
   
 The Apollo 8 crew relax in the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy, one day prior to their launch to the moon and into history. They are leafing through an issue of LIFE with photos of the Apollo 7 flight. Left to right are Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders. Ed Hengeveld |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-20-2008 05:11 PM
Great photo! Very appropriate for today.-Lou |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 12-20-2008 08:19 PM
It's amazing how Frank Borman can look so intense, even just reading a magazine! You'd never guess from looking at Lovell and Anders the enormity of what they were about to undertake the next day. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-21-2008 02:58 AM
And here they are, a day later, eating their steak and eggs before getting ready for liftoff. I couldn't resist buying this photo earlier this year...especially for the funny inscription Anders applied for Harold "Hal" Collins (NASA Chief of Mission Support).  |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-21-2008 07:17 AM
Not wishing to steal Ed's fire, but it seemed a shame not to continue the theme...And here, just a little later: 
BTW, thanks Ed for another year of great shared photos. Paul |
John Charles
Member Posts: 339
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 12-21-2008 09:19 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mjanovec:
And here they are, a day later, eating their steak and eggs before getting ready for liftoff...
Comparing the two photos, it looks like the astronauts are wearing the same shirts in both. This makes me think that they were both taken on the same day, probably the day before launch, and Hal Collins' free meal was not, alas, the launch day breakfast. ------------------
John Charles
Houston, Texas |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-21-2008 11:03 AM
Borman and Lovell are both wearing different shirts (better visible on other photos). The 'free meal' was indeed the launch day breakfast...Ed |
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