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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by five82 on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:23PM (#33947076)
I believe Apollo 8 was originally supposed to be a low earth orbit shakedown with the LEM. Because the LEM wasn’t ready, they decided to send them to the moon.
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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by m4rtink on Monday December 12, 2022 @03:23PM (#33959729)
IIRC there might have been Soviets in a Zond capsule launched on a Proton beating US to the lunar orbit in play when changing the plans for Apollo 8.
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