Alan Bean Quotes

United States, Astronaut
March 15, 1932 – May, 26, 2018.

Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3.

Also known as Military Officer, Aviator

I think Genesis in the Old Testament has it wrong. I don’t think we were thrown out of the Garden of Eden. Just look around. We’re still in it, particularly when you compare the earth with the moon. The moon has no plants, no life, no water, no animals, no nothing.

Alan Bean
- Life
- Earth
- Water
Everyone is trying to reach for their own stars, and all of those stars aren’t light-years away. They are as close as our job, our family, our children, our next-door neighbors and our good friends.

Alan Bean
- Good
- Children
- Trying

Apollo is the greatest adventure of all humankind, and it needs to be recorded in every way possible for future generations in books, in movies and on television. … I’m an artist. That’s the way I care about things. Maybe 200 years from now, someone will say, 'I’m glad he did that.'

Alan Bean
- Future
- Adventure
Long after I’m gone, people will have these paintings with dust and footprints in them. It will be something really special for people to enjoy and remember.

Alan Bean
- People
- Long
- Remember
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

Alan Bean
- Up
- History