Sunday, May 27, 2018

Eight down, four to go

        Al Bean's death yesterday at age 86 leaves only four Moonwalkers still alive. Here's the tally:

Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong: d. 25 August 2012 after coronary by-pass surgery (which should never have been attempted IMHO)
Buzz Aldrin: STILL WITH US, age 88

Apollo 12
Pete Conrad: d. 8 July 1999 after a motorcycle crash.
Al Bean:  d. 26 May 2018, cause uncertain

Apollo 14
Al Shepard: d. 21 July 1998 from complications of leukemia
Ed Mitchell: d. 4 February 2016 under hospice care

Apollo 15
Dave Scott: STILL WITH US, age 85
Jim Irwin: d. 8 August 1991 after a third heart attack, first of the Moonwalkers to die

Apollo 16
John Young: d. 5 January 2018, complications from pneumonia
Charlie Duke: STILL WITH US, age 82

Apollo 17
Gene Cernan: d. 16 January 2017
Harrison "Jack" Schmitt: STILL WITH US, age 82

        I met Al Bean in Houston in 1979. He graciously invited me into his home in a gated community and showed me his famous artwork. He was a gent and a hard worker in space. It's despicable that whippersnappers like Mike Bara are now writing that Bean deliberately ruined the color TV camera during his Moon mission. How the hell would Bara know?

4 comments:

MyInnerChild said...

The sun's going down.. the aged of an era.. moonwalkers, moon talkers.. and Stanley Kubrick saw it in black and white. Even James Burke.. Cheers!

Anonymous said...

The sun's going down.. the aged of an era.. Stanley Kubrick saw it in black and white.. Even James Burke.. Cheers!

Nimrod said...

Who's your next pick?

Two Percent said...

Expat,

I hope you are still hale and hearty!

It's unlike you not to post one of my comments (regarding the WTF drive(l)), so I'm praying you are well and still with us.

Best regards,
2%