Jim Lovell, a great man who we lost last year, said he later recieved a letter which read “Thank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968”.
Wasn’t aware of that quote from Lovell, thanks
Another quote for the Artemis 2 crew from Jim Lovell today, “Welcome to my old neighbourhood.”
He was aboard Apollo 8 and 13 both orbited the Moon, but Apollo 13 was suppose to land. It was one of Our finest hours (Mankind, that is). By repurposing stuff from what they were designed to do, to what they could (in theory) do. As Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 film demonstrates. Jim Lovell passed away in 2025 at the age of 97.
This is a test flight and Man is scheduled to return on Artemis 4 in 2028. Yes I was around in 1968 but can’t say I took much notice of Apollo 8, but did for Apollo 11.
I believe the flight is taken 10 days to complete, and even though you might say Apollo mission took 3 days to fly to the moon and back, this is using less fuel. The boosters I believe were from the Space Shuttle missions.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.