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From the Apollo 12 journal, Alan Bean is directing Pete Conrad out of the hatch for the first time from the interior of the lunar lander. > 115:16:39 Bean: Doi
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
From the Apollo 12 journal, Alan Bean is directing Pete Conrad out of the hatch for the first time from the interior of the lunar lander.
> 115:16:39 Bean: Doing good. You're headed right square out the hatch. You'll have to bend over more, though. (Pause) Wait. Wait. Wait. Oops. Come forward a little. Move to your right, you're...There you are. Now go. You were getting that little... (Pause) You got to kneel down a little more. (Pause) Well, I'll push you (down) if you don't mind. (Pause)
I had never made the analogy to a child leaving the womb before I read this.