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Long before the moon mission, I had told NASA that Apollo 8 would be my last flight. It was a decision reached after a long talk with Susan, although the decision was strictly mine.

— Frank Borman Countdown: An Autobiography (1988)

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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.

Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure.

Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts.
And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

This must be what God sees. I was absolutely awestruck, not so much at what we had accomplished but at what made the accomplishment possible.

Countdown: An Autobiography (1988)

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