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Commander, Apollo XVII
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Greetings to everyone in Okinawa
It is a privilege to share with you my feelings for gPeaceh, as I saw it, in our universe on my flight to the moon, Apollo XVII.
Looking back at Earth from the moon was truly a memorable moment. Our star was like a jewel surrounded by infinite blackness. As many brilliant jewels are small, so looked the Earth as I stood staring in awe from a quarter million miles away.
Watching everything working together in harmony with such precise timing would be impossible without the help of a Supreme Being--the Creator of the universe. Should I have had the opportunity to stand on the moon beside each human being in the world today, I am sure they would quickly come to the same conclusion.
With a single glance, one can see from pole to pole and across the entirety of continents--from the deep blues of the Pacific, across the continents dominated by the white of snow and the clouds to the turquoise blues of the Caribbean. As Australia, Asia, then all of Europe came into view, you canft tell where one country starts and the other one ends. I saw the world without any borders, without any fighting, without any fearh--a world at peace with itself.
On this 20th Anniversary of Apollo XVII, manfs final footprints on the moon in our century, I send you all my very best wishes for Peace.