[Bobalu]

I have always considered that the Apollo 8 astronauts were first to the moon.

They circled the dang thing, I think that counts.

Neil Armstrong was first to set foot upon the moon, but not the first to be there...IMO.

[NCC-1701]

Bill Anders has his picture of Earthrise rotated with the Earth on the right and the lunar horizon going form top to bottom. He says it was the way he saw it when he took the pic. Apollo VIII was a hell of a flight and lead to Apollo XI winning the space race.

I have always wondered what the exact time it was in Houston when the Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Anders started and ended the reading of Genisis. If anyone knows, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Figment]

“Neil Armstrong was first to set foot upon the moon, but not the first to be there...IMO.”

Apollo 8 astronauts were the first humans to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, that counts for something. I remember as a 10 year old, watching on Christmas Eve as they read from Genesis. It was like magic, everyone in the family was watching and speechless

[ETL]

Sheila Jackson Lee
Member of the U.S. House
of Representatives
from Texas's 18th district

On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]

Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.

(Wiki apparently has since deleted this, but you can find the same at the other link below)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee#Political_career

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=981