At this time NASA was still fighting a lawsuit brought by atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair (who had objected to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis) demanding that their astronauts refrain from broadcasting religious activities while in space.
V té době se NASA stále soudila s Madalyn Murray O'Hairovou, která protestovala proti tomu, že posádka Apolla 8 četla z knihy Genesis, což znamenalo, že astronauti se nezdrželi náboženských aktivit ve vesmíru.