The View from Space

A collection of quotes from history, poetry, and those who got a good look at our planet from outer space.

The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me—a small disk, 240,000 miles away. It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations. Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence don't show from that distance. — Frank Borman, Apollo 8, 'A Science Fiction World—Awesome Forlorn Beauty,' Life magazine, 17 January 1969. 

The Moon was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth did. — Frank Borman, Apollo 8, Interview for the PBS TV show Nova, 1999.