I was 11 and felt deeply, at that tender age, the sustained and helpless grief and of losing both MLK and Bobby Kennedy. Piling on that year my 28 year old aunt, and mother of 3 tiny children, drowned in 5 inches of bathtub water while suffering an epileptic seizure. The 3 children never had a chance; their lives were hard scrabble and chronically bordering on neglect and poverty despite family support. The ongoing war took its toll on my psyche, as well, as my parents watched black and white war action every evening on the news. It was a year I’ll never forget. Having missed, forgotten or was oblivious to Apollo 8’s miracle, the sorrow and heaviness of that year has never left me. I was a resilient child, but that pocket of heartbreak remains with me today.
So beautiful, and the video gave us an intimate look at the experience for those men. So elating, exciting, and enthralling, and now, these years later, so disappointing, frustrating, and even saddening. Hopefully we will veer away from this path toward self-destruction of our earth. I hold the hope.
Thank you for this. It's just sad that on this tiny planet there are people who are bent on destroying it. I wish for the good on earth to continue to help save it in 2022. Peace!
Thanks for this memory. I was 12 years old, old enough to appreciate what we were seeing. Emotional then and emotional now. Was wondering about the astronauts, and looked it up. All three are alive. Borman and Lovell are 93. Anders, the spring chicken at 88. Merry Christmas to them and anyone else alive who participated in the mission.
Thank you, Dan and Elliot, for helping to keep me tenuously sane, thank you also, Heather Cox Richardson. I hope you all know each other because you damn well should. Please.
Thanks so much for sharing this! I was a young girl when this photo was shared by those on the Apollo 8 mission. It is hard to convey the jaw-dropping impact it had on us at the time. Posters were made and I got one for my bedroom wall. We so need to revisit that time and realize that yes, we are traveling on a spaceship together. We need to cherish our planet and work together to care for it, our beautiful blue home.
While it doesn't compare with slipping the surly bonds of earth, this reminds me in a very small way when I was 19 & enlisted in the USAF and spending Christmas in basic training, devoid of family or communication to the outside world from Joint Base San Antonio. Me feeling completely isolated with the other members of my flight pales in comparison to being that far from Mother Earth.
We learned quickly that this was not Girl Scout camp, this was dedication to country, to serve without prejudice and know that importance humbled us. My infinite respect for Astronauts has always existed. After the military I worked in Avionics & then Aerospace in Satellite build & test. We learned about what a human must do to travel in space. Those who accept space travel by humans as a normal standard, a so-so job should think again. Its a lifetime dedication and I for one am so thankful for those brave souls who went into space.
Merry Christmas to those who dedicated their lives to space exploration in every way. And to the rest of us earthbound misfits in awe of them, lucky us to be able to live vicariously through them! Happy Holidays to all of you!
Beautiful distant and fragile. Those images revisited remind us of the work we really have ahead of us on earth! . I wish that this interview and it’s images of the earth from the moon could be played on the opening day of the 2022 Congress to remind those who would represent us of what their mission must truly be . And if it could be played in schools all over the world in every conceivable language !
This film also reminds us of the obligations we all have to share our responsibility in preserving this place of ours called Earth, and all of those lives upon it.
I spent nearly all of Christmas Eve reaching out to friends and family who are far away and have not been heard from recently . Thank the heavens that nearly all of them were found and all but one of those souls responded. Nearly all of those friends have had some dramatic event in their lives which has separated them for us. They are isolated some by the terrible COVID . It is as though they are in need of rescue from a very dark place . We are neighbors on this planet and Christmas is a time to reach out to those who are separated from us and to say Merry Christmas or whatever we can to reconnect.
There will be people at our Christmas Dinner today who cannot see their families because of the variant. There will be walks today with others and some pictures sent by e-mail to bring some cheer. Church services have been cancelled but that has not kept us from caroling with neighbors or from reading the Bible and “The Night Before Christmas”. With all of the children we could safely gather.
Seeing the Earth from far away this Christmas Morning will cause a redoubling of efforts to bring close those who are far away . Distance may be the thing that brings us closer to preserving all of the relationships we hold dear and to be more STEADY in doing so.
Hearing the sense of awe in the voices of those explorers of our universe was so moving
Amazing that these three astronauts gave us on Earth the opportunity to witness the smallness and seeming fragility of the planet we share. If only their shared view and emotions could have resulted in the changes needed to make us "citizens of the Earth."
Thank you Dan and Elliot for this reminder at a season when we wish for peace on Earth and good will to humankind.
I was 11 and felt deeply, at that tender age, the sustained and helpless grief and of losing both MLK and Bobby Kennedy. Piling on that year my 28 year old aunt, and mother of 3 tiny children, drowned in 5 inches of bathtub water while suffering an epileptic seizure. The 3 children never had a chance; their lives were hard scrabble and chronically bordering on neglect and poverty despite family support. The ongoing war took its toll on my psyche, as well, as my parents watched black and white war action every evening on the news. It was a year I’ll never forget. Having missed, forgotten or was oblivious to Apollo 8’s miracle, the sorrow and heaviness of that year has never left me. I was a resilient child, but that pocket of heartbreak remains with me today.
Such an eloquent reminder of our fragility. Thank you, Mr Rather. Your meditations and talent ARE appreciated.
God bless and Happy New Year♥️🇺🇸
So beautiful, and the video gave us an intimate look at the experience for those men. So elating, exciting, and enthralling, and now, these years later, so disappointing, frustrating, and even saddening. Hopefully we will veer away from this path toward self-destruction of our earth. I hold the hope.
Thank you for this. It's just sad that on this tiny planet there are people who are bent on destroying it. I wish for the good on earth to continue to help save it in 2022. Peace!
Thanks for this memory. I was 12 years old, old enough to appreciate what we were seeing. Emotional then and emotional now. Was wondering about the astronauts, and looked it up. All three are alive. Borman and Lovell are 93. Anders, the spring chicken at 88. Merry Christmas to them and anyone else alive who participated in the mission.
Thank you, Dan and Elliot, for helping to keep me tenuously sane, thank you also, Heather Cox Richardson. I hope you all know each other because you damn well should. Please.
This short film is so amazing there are no words. Thank you for sharing such a life changing perspective for anyone lucky enough to view this.
Such a beautiful planet! We must take better care of it and each other!
I remember it well ...
Thanks so much for sharing this! I was a young girl when this photo was shared by those on the Apollo 8 mission. It is hard to convey the jaw-dropping impact it had on us at the time. Posters were made and I got one for my bedroom wall. We so need to revisit that time and realize that yes, we are traveling on a spaceship together. We need to cherish our planet and work together to care for it, our beautiful blue home.
While it doesn't compare with slipping the surly bonds of earth, this reminds me in a very small way when I was 19 & enlisted in the USAF and spending Christmas in basic training, devoid of family or communication to the outside world from Joint Base San Antonio. Me feeling completely isolated with the other members of my flight pales in comparison to being that far from Mother Earth.
We learned quickly that this was not Girl Scout camp, this was dedication to country, to serve without prejudice and know that importance humbled us. My infinite respect for Astronauts has always existed. After the military I worked in Avionics & then Aerospace in Satellite build & test. We learned about what a human must do to travel in space. Those who accept space travel by humans as a normal standard, a so-so job should think again. Its a lifetime dedication and I for one am so thankful for those brave souls who went into space.
Merry Christmas to those who dedicated their lives to space exploration in every way. And to the rest of us earthbound misfits in awe of them, lucky us to be able to live vicariously through them! Happy Holidays to all of you!
Beautiful distant and fragile. Those images revisited remind us of the work we really have ahead of us on earth! . I wish that this interview and it’s images of the earth from the moon could be played on the opening day of the 2022 Congress to remind those who would represent us of what their mission must truly be . And if it could be played in schools all over the world in every conceivable language !
This film also reminds us of the obligations we all have to share our responsibility in preserving this place of ours called Earth, and all of those lives upon it.
I spent nearly all of Christmas Eve reaching out to friends and family who are far away and have not been heard from recently . Thank the heavens that nearly all of them were found and all but one of those souls responded. Nearly all of those friends have had some dramatic event in their lives which has separated them for us. They are isolated some by the terrible COVID . It is as though they are in need of rescue from a very dark place . We are neighbors on this planet and Christmas is a time to reach out to those who are separated from us and to say Merry Christmas or whatever we can to reconnect.
There will be people at our Christmas Dinner today who cannot see their families because of the variant. There will be walks today with others and some pictures sent by e-mail to bring some cheer. Church services have been cancelled but that has not kept us from caroling with neighbors or from reading the Bible and “The Night Before Christmas”. With all of the children we could safely gather.
Seeing the Earth from far away this Christmas Morning will cause a redoubling of efforts to bring close those who are far away . Distance may be the thing that brings us closer to preserving all of the relationships we hold dear and to be more STEADY in doing so.
Hearing the sense of awe in the voices of those explorers of our universe was so moving
Thank you for that and Merry Christmas !
Thank you! I do not remember ever seeing that and it was so moving to me! Thank you!
Excellent. A must watch for everyone on planet Earth the world over.
Thank you for sharing the video. It was enlightening. Such beauty.
Amazing that these three astronauts gave us on Earth the opportunity to witness the smallness and seeming fragility of the planet we share. If only their shared view and emotions could have resulted in the changes needed to make us "citizens of the Earth."
Thank you Dan and Elliot for this reminder at a season when we wish for peace on Earth and good will to humankind.