In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
Como era un día especial, se estableció una retransmisión por televisión. Bill Anders empezó así:
“For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you”
Y así lo cuenta en sus memorias el entonces jefe de la Flight Control Division (FCD), Gene Kranz:
“I was sitting at the console, reading the flight plan, when, on their ninth orbit of the Moon, Anders began reading from the book of Genesis. It was a surprise, beautiful and timely for this achievement and this day. I felt a chill as Anders said, softly,
«In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
»And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…
»And God said, Let there be light: and there was light»
Now I was really grateful that I was not working the mission. I was enraptured, transported by the crew’s voices, finding new meaning in the words from Genesis. For those moments, I felt the presence of creation and the Creator. Tears were on my checks”
Después de Anders, le llegó el turno a Lovell, y finalizó Borman, comandante de la misión.
Como era un día especial, se estableció una retransmisión por televisión. Bill Anders empezó así:
“For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you”
Y así lo cuenta en sus memorias el entonces jefe de la Flight Control Division (FCD), Gene Kranz:
“I was sitting at the console, reading the flight plan, when, on their ninth orbit of the Moon, Anders began reading from the book of Genesis. It was a surprise, beautiful and timely for this achievement and this day. I felt a chill as Anders said, softly,
«In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
»And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…
»And God said, Let there be light: and there was light»
Now I was really grateful that I was not working the mission. I was enraptured, transported by the crew’s voices, finding new meaning in the words from Genesis. For those moments, I felt the presence of creation and the Creator. Tears were on my checks”
Después de Anders, le llegó el turno a Lovell, y finalizó Borman, comandante de la misión.
“And God said, «Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.» And it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good…And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas and God bless all of you – all of you on the good Earth”
Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
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