Alan Bean has passed away

[jmorgan]

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/100045720165441945...

I like twitter but sometimes you go in for a quick catch up and its bad news.

[MartG]

RIP Beano

We're fast running out of moon walkers

[Eric Mc]

That's sad - one of my favourite astronauts. All of the Apollo 12 crew is now gone.

[Simpo Two]

Oh dear, and only 4 days after Eric posted him as one of the survivors

I suppose that one day there will no-one alive who's driven a car.

[Eric Mc]

Only three lunar car drivers left - Dave Scott, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

[jmorgan]

Apollo 12 landing site and prints.
http://www.lroc.asu.edu/featured_sites/view_site/2

[Eric Mc]

A fitting memorial to Mr Bean (although also sitting on the site is the TV camera he wrecked).

[jmorgan]

Like that bit From Earth to the Moon where he whacked it with a hammer, in for a penny in for a pound. That was a good episode.

[Eric Mc]

The Apollo 12 crew was the most joyous Apollo crew. They laughed and whooped it up all the way to the moon and back - whilst dealing with some serious issues with a calm and professional manner.

[jmorgan]

https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap12fj/01launch_to_ea...

00:00:37

Audio is further up. Calm or what. Lightening strike for those that know not.

[generationx]

Seemed like one of the nicest moonwalkers. Another sad day in Apollo history - rip Beano.

[anonymous-user]

One of my favourite astronauts too. RIP Mr Bean!

[Simpo Two]

garyhun said:

One of my favourite astronauts too. RIP Mr Bean!

Unfortunately at that point the wrong Mr Bean floated into my head!

[anonymous-user]

Simpo Two said:

garyhun said:

One of my favourite astronauts too. RIP Mr Bean!

Unfortunately at that point the wrong Mr Bean floated into my head!

Apologies all round

[Eric Mc]

The idea of an astronaut called Mr Bean smacking a misbehaving camera with a hammer is not altogether unbelievable.

[saaby93]

Eric Mc said:

The Apollo 12 crew was the most joyous Apollo crew. They laughed and whooped it up all the way to the moon and back - whilst dealing with some serious issues with a calm and professional manner.

That was due to set SCE to AUX

I posted in another thread this article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44270528

As you read through it do you find it odd that rather than using their first name eg Buzz they're using the formal Mr. Aldrin?
it seems a strange style of writing to me, almost the style you get when writing to your local planning dept!

Edited by saaby93 on Sunday 27th May 22:46

[Eric Mc]

To be fair, he is referred to as Buzz as well.

[Watchman]

Very sad. Only four remaining now and they're all so very old. I do wish we could see and hear more from them on TV while we have the chance.

[Wiccan of Darkness]

jmorgan said:

Apollo 12 landing site and prints.
http://www.lroc.asu.edu/featured_sites/view_site/2

That's a decent image, the slider underneath the image altering the angle of the sun casts shadows of the lunar landing module so you can use the shadow to make out the projections on the top of the vehicle.

[saaby93]

Here we go the SCE to AUX
This appeared on the monitor at Mission Control
Note the words in the middle



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