called "apollo 8" the thrilling story of the first mission to the moon" please join me to welcome jeffrey kluger. [applause] i mentioned in the of book he wrote in 1984 you write about space in time magazine but what he brought you back to that exciting moment this point in time?. >> "apollo 8"?. >> my young adult book editor were having lunch one day what it would work for adults and kids in the story of apollo eight came up and my eighth feeling has always been a great tale of american history american space history uv eight, 11 and 13 better the true benchmark missions we know why 11 the first footprint with apollo 13 the great tale of survival but apollo eight was the first time he lindying is left the gravity field of earth. we have lived our entire existence as the bottom gravity well over as we've managed to haul our souls out of the dirt spacecraft out to the atmosphere that that his dog paddling and local harbor for the first time we sailed across the true deep waters of the space and went to another world and for 24 hours they were there they wereer creatures of another world it made a