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DavidDvorkin

(20,590 posts) Fri Dec 20, 2013, 11:11 PM Dec 2013

45 years ago, I was at NASA spending 24-hour days working on Apollo 8. We have a giant, framed copy of the Earthrise picture hanging in our living room.

This video simulates and recreates the moment when that picture was taken.

http://spaceref.com/onorbit/nasa-releases-new-apollo-8-earthrise-simulation-video.html

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Apollo 8 Earthrise picture - recreation of the event [View all] DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 OP

Amazing. Great video. You should be proud that you were a part... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #1

Very, VERY cool! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #2

Very cool, and I'm envious MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #3

I'll always be glad that I was part of it DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #4

May I ask what your part was? MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #6

Normally, Lunar Module Rendezvous Radar error analysis DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #9

Wow! I always wondered about ascent from the moon. MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #12

Your buddy was Gene Kranz? DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #10

Dan Hunter MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #11

Very Nice! BKH70041 Dec 2013 #5

Thank you. drm604 Dec 2013 #7

I know DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #18

Here's another video a former colleague just sent me DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #24

You're so fortunate that you got to work there during those times. drm604 Dec 2013 #25

Yes, I was DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #27

At the end of this video DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #29

Thank you for sharing that warrior1 Dec 2013 #8

See! I told you it was mocked up in a studio! Recursion Dec 2013 #13

As we listened to the astronauts from space... irisblue Dec 2013 #14

NICE!!! calimary Dec 2013 #15

Automatic Apollo program rec... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #17

Yes DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #19

Thanks! I've added this to Wikipedia. Jim Lane Dec 2013 #20

Cool! DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #21

They synched it to the mission audio recording krispos42 Dec 2013 #22

A Grand Oasis indeed seveneyes Dec 2013 #26

Damn, youtube just crashed hard. Halfway through the video. tridim Dec 2013 #28