Just like some day, say, 1000 years from now, when we can go to another star and see a planet, that’s what we would do because we will know how to cure cancer, cure birth defects, so we would teach them. Alan Bean Read Quote
I believe that 100, 200, 300 years from now, all these paintings will be around because they’re the first paintings of humans doing things off this Earth. Alan Bean Read Quote
I was more of a person that liked flying and operating high-performance machinery, and I liked that, the skill it took, the intelligence it took to do that. Alan Bean Read Quote
I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon. Alan Bean Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Alan Bean Read Quote
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 Read Quote
But I’m the only one who can paint the moon, because I’m the only one who knows whether that’s right or not. Alan Bean Read Quote
