Pat Flannery writes:

I was out in the yard with my 100mm refractor telescope trying to see the
sunlight glint off of the CSM as it was in lunar orbit.
Okay, I was young and optimistic. :-)

Pat

I remember following it that year whilst programming my 1st 'electric brain'
and Xmas present that year:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/...bs&Qis=XL#qdig

By the time Apollo 8 was on its way back, I was already deep into plans
to overclock it with my Erector set motor...

;-)

Dave

PS: Yes, I still have (some of) the components from both....