Space Race KSP - Apollo 8 - Making History

Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return. The Lunar Lander was not yet ready but the Saturn V was. America was concerned that the Soviet Union may achieve a manned lunar flyby with its Zond program so the decision was made to Launch Apollo 8 to demonstrate that NASA was now ahead. This episode is the most in depth look so far at a single mission in Space Race KSP. I wanted to keep the episodes as short as possible but some have asked for long
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