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  • Iowatech
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    • Dec 2009
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    #1

    [Video] The blue marble

    This week is the 45th anniversary of this:
    Apollo 8's 'Earthrise' 45 Years Later
    http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/apollo-8s-earthrise-45-years-later/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OTB+%28Outside+The+Beltway+|+OTB%29
    Forty-five years ago today,the world was treated to the first picture of itself from orbit around another planetary body.
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    • Tonerbomb
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      • Feb 2005
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      #2
      Re: The blue marble

      Thanks for the reminder of the history some of us lived through. It was quiet the event to see as a kid!!!!!!!!!!
      Mystic Crystal Revelations

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        • Debs1964
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          • Oct 2010
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          Re: The blue marble

          Thank you for that, it was incredible, it's a reminder of just how insignificant we really are. I actually found watching that quite moving
          There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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            • Tricky
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              • Apr 2009
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              Re: The blue marble

              I truly fantastic achievement by, err, mankind, I wonder how successful it would have been if Apollo 8 had been built by Ricoh?

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                • Iowatech
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                  • Dec 2009
                  • 3930
                  #5
                  Re: The blue marble

                  Originally posted by skynet
                  I truly fantastic achievement by, err, mankind, I wonder how successful it would have been if Apollo 8 had been built by Ricoh?
                  Apollo 13?

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