Frank Borman died today.
He was a real hero. First rendezvous in space as Gemini 7 commander, with Gemini 6.
And with Apollo 8 the first to leave low Earth orbit and go to the Moon. Apollo 8 proved that we understood orbital mechanics. The brass balls it took to do that, the absolute trust in the crew and the numbers. The thought that if anything is off we're going to miss the Moon and meet our demise over the horizon somewhere. But he, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, did it anyway. And they were the first to see the Earthrise.
Godspeed Sir, you are one of the great human explorers.
He was a real hero. First rendezvous in space as Gemini 7 commander, with Gemini 6.
And with Apollo 8 the first to leave low Earth orbit and go to the Moon. Apollo 8 proved that we understood orbital mechanics. The brass balls it took to do that, the absolute trust in the crew and the numbers. The thought that if anything is off we're going to miss the Moon and meet our demise over the horizon somewhere. But he, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, did it anyway. And they were the first to see the Earthrise.
Godspeed Sir, you are one of the great human explorers.