Hey, this is outside in. I'm your host, Nate Hedgy. And I am your host, Nate Hedgy.

And I am producer Taylor Klimby. And I want to start by telling you a quick story, Nate.

Okay.

So it takes place on Christmas Eve, 1968.

We can presume that some people are wrapping presents, roasting chestnuts, maybe watching some Christmas specials on their new color TVs.

But over 220, 20,000 miles away from all of that, three guys are jammed into a tiny metal

spaceship.

Paul, wait, this is Houston.

When you go into the dark, uh, in about seven or eight minutes, I have some.

This is one of the, uh, the missions that did not make the moon, right?

Eight? Yeah, so this is this is before the moon landings

It's Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders

and they're they're the first people to leave Earth's orbit and circle the moon.

Yeah, this is the Phantom Menace.

This is the prequels.

Yeah.

As usual in the real world, the flight plan looks a lot fuller than it did in Florida.

Roger, understand. lot fuller than it did in Florida.

Roger, understand.

They're orbiting the moon every two hours for just about a whole day.

One of the astronauts, you know, he says it was really spectacular at first, but ultimately the

Moon is just desolate.

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