3 ms·From the wikipedia page, Alan Bean and Pete Conrad had known each other for a long time by that point.by rjsw 8y agoFrom the wikipedia page, Alan Bean and Pete Conrad had known each other for a long time by that point.Gibbon1 8y agoAstronauts as a group trained together for years before going. Source: The making of an ex-astronaut by Brian O'Leary.rjsw 8y agoI meant that they were test pilots together before becoming astronauts.