The Pink Flamingo believes this may have been the most significant moment in my life.
Perhaps my fondest Christmas memory was of sitting in front of my grandparents’ television holding a microphone from my little reel to reel tape recorder up to the speaker to tape this. The day we left SC to drive to Florida, Apollo 8 was on its way to the Moon.. My father would work all day and drive all night. I leaned up against the rear passenger side window and watched Apollo 8 on its way to the Moon. Any doubt of my adoration of the space program and love of space exploration literally went out the window that night.
Godspeed William Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell. The Pink Flamingo was one of those kids whose life has never been the same. Thank you for sending me on my way.
“William Anders
“We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Jim Lovell
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Frank Borman
“And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”
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