"Leonard Robinson" wrote in message news:pfsGb.641239$HS4.4645704@attbi_s01...
This being December 24, 2003, 35 years to the day Apollo 8 orbited the
Moon -- the first men ever to see Earthrise -- it is only appropriate that
the second most famous Lunar Address be part of the Internet tonight. (Only
the first words from the Moon: "Houston: the Eagle has landed!" And
Armstrong's "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind!"
are slightly greater, and that only due to chronology.

Thanks to Roger Balettie for giving us the link to the Apollo Archives:

www.apolloarchive.org

and follow the prompts to the Christmas Message from Apollo 8.

Would God we had, as a Nation and as a People, followed up on the success of
the Apollo Missions -- and that the Soviet had been able to launch their N1
successfully. We would have been listening to the Apollo 8 transmissions --
in the
Lunar Archives, actually in the Lunar Settlements.

"And from the crew of Apollo 8, a Merry Christmas to all of you on the Good
Earth." -- COL Frank Borman, USAF (Ret.), Commander, Apollo 8.


Best wishes to all for a blessed and happy holiday, and amen to a better 2004.

John Pelchat