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In reply to the discussion: "Look at THAT, you son of a bitch!" [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,863 posts)9. Jim Lovell, too.
Its hard to appreciate the Earth when youre down right upon it because its so huge...It gives you in an instant, just at a position 240,000 miles away from it, (an idea of) how insignificant we are, how fragile we are, and how fortunate we are to have a body that will allow us to enjoy the sky and the trees and the water ... Its something that many people take for granted when theyre born and they grow up within the environment. But they dont realize what they have. And I didnt till I left it.
Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 and 13.
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