05-February-2003, 12:26 PM
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Near the end of the rendevous period (of Gemini 6 and 7 on Dec, 15, 1965), Stafford startled Borman, Lovell, and mission control when he suddenly announced "We have an object in view. Looks like it's in a polar orbit and in a very low trajectory, traveling north to south."
The flight controllers in Houston jerked awake in alarm. Nothing should have been coming at the astronauts from that direction. Were the Soviets firing missles at the two Gemini capsules? Was a meteorite racing towards them?
Stafford continued, "It looks like he's trying to signal us. Stand by--we'll try to pick this up" There was a long, pregnant pause.
And then Wally Schirra began playing "Jingle Bells" on a harmonica, accompanied by Tom Stafford with a string of bells.
After a few seconds the ground controller laughed. "You're too much, he told Schirra.
--From Genesis: the story of Apollo 8 by Robert Zimmerman
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So it looks like your theory has been confirmed. NASA has apparently been allied with the North Pole regime since at least the mid 60's.
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...And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. --Sir Bedevere
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