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Bugman

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• Dec 24, 2018

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On December 24 1968 Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders entered lunar orbit. I will never forget watching this on that long ago Christmas Eve.

 

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• Dec 25, 2018

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Thanks for bringing back the memory from half a century ago, Bugman.

 

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• Dec 25, 2018

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My favorite Apollo mission. They took a huge risk with a 50/50 chance of returning.

 

BlasterMaster

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• Jan 5, 2019

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They took a huge risk with a 50/50 chance of returning.

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Yup, people don't often realize just how many risks NASA took to get us to the moon before the Russians.

Astronauts are literally the bravest people I can think of aside from fire fighters and charity workers in war zones.