USN RIP CAPT Al Bean, USN

[ChuckMK23]

Probably the most genuine of all the Apollo Astronauts. If you have not seen the episode of Apollo 12 in "From The Earth To The Moon", Produced by Tom Hanks and aired on HBO, do make an effort to see it.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-passing-of-apollo-skylab-astronaut-alan-bean

His genuinely bad-ass life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bean

7,145 hours flying time, including 4,890 hours in jets.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Oh and here’s CAPT Bean on the Ocean of Storms, equipped with his Speedy.

@mad dog

 

[ChuckMK23]

Actor Dave Foley immortalized Al Bean in HBO's "From the Earth To the Moon"