SPECIAL NOTE: In this episode, Apollo 12 moonwalker Alan Bean shares an opinion on the dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II that may or may not be controversial, and in NSFW language. It begins at the 5:55 mark and ends approximately 10 seconds later. You've been warned ...
OTHER SHOW NOTES:
*Alan discusses his father's time in the Army during World War II, and moving for a short time to Michigan following the war.
*For a short time, Alan goes to school in Michigan. He remembers swimming, getting stuck in printing class and a crush on a girl he never expressed.
*We make the connection between the girl he liked and the comic strip Peanuts!
*Back in Texas, Alan joins the naval reserves and eventually gets into the University of Texas.
*Alan talks about Neil Armstrong's personality, and his own chances of making it at a school like the United States Naval Academy.
*Prior to his junior year at the University of Texas, Alan recalls finally making a turnaround in school.
*He talks more about his introversion.
*In college, Alan competed as both a wrestler and gymnast at basically the club level.
*Hear the story of Alan Bean, Frat Boy!
NEXT EPISODE:
The third of a four-part interview with Alan!
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