Pre 40 godina, na Badnje Vece, prva ljudska misija na Mesec usla je u Mesecevu orbitu. Tom prilikom posada misije Apollo 8 procitala je delove iz Knjige Postanja i napravila jedan od nezaboravnih snimaka planete Zemlje kako se 'uzdize' iznad Mesecevog horizonta. Fotografija je nazvana "Earthrise".
Posadu misije Apollo 8 cinili su: Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, William Anders
Poruka misije Apollo8
William Anders:
"For all the
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
and the band is really happening
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
she's the Angel of Compassion
she's rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
lifts a happy face to thank her
the fiddler fiddles something so sublime
all the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
and it's partner found, it's partner lost
and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
it's closing time
Yeah the women
Comp. by Vladimir Cosma
Democracy
by Leonard Cohen
It's coming through a hole in the air
from those nights in Tiananmen square
It's coming from the feel
That it ain't exactly real
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
from the wars against disorder
from the sirens night and day
from the fires of the homeless
from the ashes of the gay
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall
On a visionary flood of alcohol
from the staggering account
Of the sermon on the