Vale Alan Bean

[Dalhousie]

RIP

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

 

[Obviousman]

We have far too few of these great people left. No-one from Apollo 12 left now.

[bknight]

Ah man another lunar traveler has died.  A12 was one of my favorite missions, landing within ~600' of the Surveyor 3 lander, bringing pieces back that had been exposed to solar radiation for close to 3 years.
So how many are left, Aldrin, Scott, Duke, and Schmitt.  Did I leave anyone out?

[Dalhousie]

Ah man another lunar traveler has died.  A12 was one of my favorite missions, landing within ~600' of the Surveyor 3 lander, bringing pieces back that had been exposed to solar radiation for close to 3 years.
So how many are left, Aldrin, Scott, Duke, and Schmitt.  Did I leave anyone out?

No

Of people who have orbited we still have Borman, Lovell, Anders, Stafford, Collins, Gordon, Haise, Worden, and Mattingly.

[DD Brock]

My God, only four of twelve are left. Hard to believe so much time has passed since they did what they did.
Am I correct that Apollo 8 is the last complete crew left?

[Count Zero]

"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."
 -- Randall Munroe

https://www.xkcd.com/893/

[onebigmonkey]

He was so lovely when I saw him speak, and the emotion with which he spoke about Pete Conrad was very genuine and touching.

The audible gasp from space geeks when he described cutting up a piece of something that had been on the moon for his artwork was very funny

[bknight]

Ah man another lunar traveler has died.  A12 was one of my favorite missions, landing within ~600' of the Surveyor 3 lander, bringing pieces back that had been exposed to solar radiation for close to 3 years.
So how many are left, Aldrin, Scott, Duke, and Schmitt.  Did I leave anyone out?

No

Of people who have orbited we still have Borman, Lovell, Anders, Stafford, Collins, Gordon, Haise, Worden, and Mattingly.

Yes those also, but I was listing the landing crew.  Bur thanks for the completed list.

[nweber]

Ah man another lunar traveler has died.  A12 was one of my favorite missions, landing within ~600' of the Surveyor 3 lander, bringing pieces back that had been exposed to solar radiation for close to 3 years.
So how many are left, Aldrin, Scott, Duke, and Schmitt.  Did I leave anyone out?

No

Of people who have orbited we still have Borman, Lovell, Anders, Stafford, Collins, Gordon, Haise, Worden, and Mattingly.

Not so sure about Gordon.

[Obviousman]

No, Dick Gordon died in 2017:

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/dick-gordon-nasa-astronaut-apollo-12-pilot-dead-88-ncna818606

[Dalhousie]

No, Dick Gordon died in 2017:

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/dick-gordon-nasa-astronaut-apollo-12-pilot-dead-88-ncna818606

[nweber]

Am I correct that Apollo 8 is the last complete crew left?

Out of the moon-faring missions, I believe that is correct.  But if you include Apollo 9, which stayed in near earth orbit, they're all still around.

[smartcooky]

I'll always remember Alan Bean as the guy who knew where the "SCE" switch was...

[Obviousman]

I'll remember for a number of reasons:

- Doing calisthenics outside bars in Europe to help pull birds for his shipmates (Bean didn't drink)
- SCE to AUX
- The TV camera
- The lost Hasselblad timer
- the 16mm camera that bonked him on splashdown

You know, I think cameras & Beano didn't get along; maybe that's why he took up painting?  8-)

[DD Brock]

Am I correct that Apollo 8 is the last complete crew left?

Out of the moon-faring missions, I believe that is correct.  But if you include Apollo 9, which stayed in near earth orbit, they're all still around.

That's why I was asking, I wasn't sure about 9. Still, it's sad that 8 is the last left of the lunar voyagers.