Bill 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.[6]
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.[6]
Frank Borman
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven 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.[6]
Still and always relevant. Sitting in a tin can with the void of space on the other side / reading the Bible. Proper.
Thank you for posting this. Was thinking about it earlier.
On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8 reading Genesis, I also think about the Pale Blue Dot from Voyager 1. Voyager was about 4 billion miles from Earth, and caught the Earth in a ray of sunlight.
NASA has ‘updated’ the image with newer software, processing techniques. I still prefer the original.
https://meador.org/2009/10/25/the-pale-blue-dot-that-always-makes-me-cry/
Simply beautiful.
Try that in 2023.
“When you return to base you will surrender to federal authorities. You have been charged with accepting government pay as an employee and violating regulations by promoting Christian religion crossing the lines between Church and state.”
I remember watching that live on Christmas Eve thought it was one of the coolest things I’d ever heard and or seen...still think so.
It was all fake.