Extra: Farewell Alan Bean

This podcast extra is a re-release of our full length interview
with the 4th man to walk on the moon aboard the Apollo 12 mission
in 1969.


Alan Bean was not only a fighter pilot, Navy test pilot,
astronaut, moonwalker, space station commander and artist, but he
was also a very considerate, genuine and self-effacing gentleman.
We are hugely saddened by the loss of such a lovely man but
heartened that he passed away peacefully surrounded by his
family.


In this interview, recorded in October 2015 we discussed:


journeying to the moon on a Saturn V rocket

your rocket getting struck by lightening

the mission's colourful commander (Pete Conrad)

what the moon looked and felt like underfoot

the science conducted on the surface of the moon

the future of human spaceflight

and the Martian Olympics



Farewell Alan Bean. You leave us with only four humans that have
memories of walking on the moon but a rich legacy of
technological and scientific accomplishments.