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 tom čase sa NASA stále súdila s Madalyn Murray O'Hairovou, ktorá namietala proti tomu, že posádka Apolla 8 čítala z knihy Genezis, čo znamenalo, že astronauti sa nezdržali náboženských aktivít vo vesmíre.