We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth. The fact that just from the distance of the Moon you can put your thumb up and you can hide the Earth behind your thumb. Everything that you've ever known, your loved ones, your business, the problems of the Earth itself -- all behind your thumb. And how insignificant we really all are, but then how fortunate we are to have this body and to be able to enjoy loving here amongst the beauty of the Earth itself.
-- James Arthur Lovell Jr. (25 March 1928 - 7 August 2025), American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer, In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)
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