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Topic: Photo of the week 791 (December 21, 2019)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-21-2019 02:45 AM
   
 Saturday December 21 to me always means: launch of Apollo 8 and the day my interest in spaceflight started. Merry Christmas everybody! |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 12-21-2019 03:11 AM
What a day, what a photo. Thanks Ed, Merry Christmas to you, Happy New Year too. |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 301
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 12-21-2019 03:25 AM
My interest in space exploration started on the same day. Merry Christmas and a happy year 2020 to all. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 124
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 12-21-2019 07:34 AM
This mission also began my interest in space and Christmas that year was amazingly different because of this and I was glued to the TV for the latest bulletins on the mission. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-21-2019 08:39 AM
Awesome photo, Ed! Wishing you and your family a great Holiday! |
bobslittlebro
Member Posts: 179
From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A.
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 12-21-2019 09:09 AM
Great photo Ed. I remember that morning watching the launch on tv. It was a saturday morning. Thanks |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 12-21-2019 09:11 AM
Have a Merry Christmas and a good New year. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1082
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 12-21-2019 09:12 AM
Ditto in all respects. Marry Christmas Ed. Keep these fantastic photos coming during 2020! |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 12-21-2019 09:32 AM
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Your photos always bring back memories! |
spacepete11
Member Posts: 43
From: Wiltshire,UK
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 12-21-2019 09:35 AM
Yes as others previously said this also kickstarted my interest in spaceflight, remember it well. Just an amazing photo. "What can you say about a sight like that."Thanks Ed and yes keep them coming in 2020. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-21-2019 10:52 AM
I remember it well. Thanks, Ed. Merry Christmas to one and all. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 12-21-2019 11:56 AM
1968 was a tough year in American history, with the Vietnam war grinding on, two far-reaching assassinations (MLK Jr., Bobby Kennedy) and campus unrest, Chicago convention. Andy Warhol even got shot. Definitely a very unsettled year and this launch was a bright, positive momentous achievement in the center of all that context. A great thing.And by the way, what did Borman, Lovell, and Anders find on the Dark Side of the Moon? A British prog rock band named Pink Floyd.  |
tlifan2
Member Posts: 38
From: Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 12-21-2019 08:20 PM
Beautiful December morning. My first launch viewing -- outside the gate across from the badging facility. The start of my lifelong infatuation with manned space flight. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 12-22-2019 06:53 AM
And don't forget (I know you didn't!) this was the very first crewed launch of the mighty Saturn V, which to this day still remains the most glorious beast of a rocket ever designed and operated. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2915
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-22-2019 09:30 AM
Apollo 8 was my second manned spaceflight launch and first Saturn V liftoff "live" in-person. I was only 12 years old when American astronauts first went to the moon. It was an amazing week here on the Florida Space Coast and I can't believe its been 51 years ago! Apollo was about to change my life forever from that year forward, but at the time, I really had no idea of how my future would be so impacted in a way that I would have never expected. |
ManInSpace
Member Posts: 114
From: Brooklin, Ontario Canada
Registered: Feb 2018
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posted 12-24-2019 05:10 PM
Merry Christmas sir and thank you for sharing your collection. Opening the new photo each week is something I always look forward to. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
From:
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 12-24-2019 08:44 PM
Apollo 8 to this day is/was my favorite mission and happened at my favorite time of year. Apollo 8 also happens to be the mission I'm most interested in collecting to this day. Merry Christmas! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-25-2019 07:15 AM
This is what a rocket take off should look like. |
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