[amsat-bb] Christmas 1968: Apollo 8

[Don KB2YSI]

Thanks Bernhard this was very interesting!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


On Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 11:27 B J <va6bmj at gmail.com wrote:

> On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill
> Anders reached and went into orbit around the moon, becoming the first
> to do so.  The next day, the Service Propulsion System was fired,
> enabling them to start their return trip.
>
> The mission was made possible by the work of someone who was born on
> December 25, 1642.  His name was Isaac Newton, the greatest scientist
> that ever lived.  If I recall correctly, the crew gave Sir Isaac
> credit as it was his laws of motion and gravitation that allowed
> Apollo 8 to go from the earth to the moon and then return.
>
> Aside from being the first time that men reached the moon, Apollo 8 is
> likely best remembered for this:
>
> https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181224.html
>
> Thank you, gentlemen and thank you, Sir Isaac.  I was a teenager in
> junior high school when it happened.  It was a grand time to be alive.
>
> 73s, Merry Christmas, Frohes Weihnachtsfest, and joyeux Noel
>
> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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