We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn’t know how difficult.
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Alan BeanAlan Bean I can remember walking on the moon.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they’re getting a chance to be as good as they can be.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
Alan BeanAlan Bean History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
Alan BeanAlan Bean It’s hard not to be excited when you’re going to find a way to land on the moon.
Alan BeanAlan Bean It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, ‘This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I’m really here, I’m really here!’
Alan BeanAlan Bean The moon is very rugged.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying?
Alan BeanAlan Bean I feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I found I have to stay painting.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I have the nicest life in the world.
Alan BeanAlan Bean But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
Alan BeanAlan Bean If the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.
Alan BeanAlan Bean As the centuries unfold, millions of artists will live on the moon and paint the moon and Mars as we go out into the universe.
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