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I found I have to stay painting.

~Alan Bean

Topics: Found Painting Stay

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It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.

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Topics: Excited Find Going Hard Land Moon Way You

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On Earth, I weighed 150 pounds; my suit and backpack weighed another 150. 300 pounds. Up there, I weighed only 50. So I could prance around on my toes. It was quite easy to do.

~Alan Bean

Topics: Another Around Backpack Could Earth Easy Only Pounds Quite Suit Toes Up Weighed

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If you remember back to some of the television we saw, Buzz and Neil on the Moon with Apollo 11. Black and white. They were bouncing around a lot. They were really bouncing on their tip toes. Quite fun to do.

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Topics: Apollo Around Back Black Black And White Bouncing Buzz Fun Lot Moon Neil Quite Really Remember Saw Some Television Tip Toes Were White You

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At one-sixth gravity in that suit, you have to move in a different way.

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Topics: Different Different Way Gravity Move Suit Way You

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As I ran along, I remember... saying to myself, 'You know, this is really the moon. We're really here... That's the Earth up there.' And I said it two or three times to myself.

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Topics: Along Earth Here Know Moon Myself Ran Really Remember Said Saying Three Times Two Up You I Remember

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I feel blessed every day when I'm working on these paintings... the first artist to ever go to another world and try to tell stories that people care about.

~Alan Bean

Topics: About Another Artist Blessed Care Day Ever Every Every Day Feel First Go Paintings People Stories Tell Try Working World I Feel

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We're going through all the checklist, getting in position to make the entry and all that... And I think either Pete, Dick, or I said, 'Well, I wonder how those parachutes are doing?' And then someone else said... 'Well, we'll find out in about 55 minutes!'

~Alan Bean

Topics: About Doing Either Else Entry Find Getting Going How Make Minutes Out Parachute Position Said Someone Then Think Those Through Well Wonder I Think I Wonder

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I would say I had zero philosophical thoughts at that time. I was operating on a timed checklist that we've been trained to do, to try to maximize every really minute on the moon.

~Alan Bean

Topics: Been Every Had Maximize Minute Moon Operating Philosophical Really Say Thoughts Time Trained Try Would Zero

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It was hard for me to believe. I would look down and say, 'This is the moon, this is the moon,' and I would look up and say, 'That's the Earth, that's the Earth,' in my head. So, it was science fiction to us even as we were doing it.

~Alan Bean

Topics: Believe Doing Down Earth Even Fiction Hard Head Look Me Moon Say Science Science Fiction Up Us Were Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: March 15th, 1932

Died: May 26th, 2018

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