I Wanted to See the Whole of Everything
I have longed to see the whole of everything, maybe I could understand better if I saw everything. The easiest - most complete - way to see everything would be view it all at once; in other words, the earth at once.
Originally conceived in 2004, this journey is now commercially possible. The approximate cost is USD 200k, or GBP 98k [1 October 2007]
AS17-148-22727is a photograph of the Earth taken on 7 December 1972 at 10:39 UTC by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 29,000 kilometres. It is the most widely distributed photographic image in existence. NASA images are without copyright unless noted.