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Alan Bean Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley

" CEREMONY ON THE PLAIN AT HADLEY "
Alan Bean

150 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print
16" x 24"

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“Falcon is on the plain at Hadley,” reported the excited Apollo 15 Commander David R.
Scott on July 30, 1971. Dave and lunar module pilot Jim Irwin were on the surface
of the moon at a site rich with scientific potential. They would be able to make
observations and gather samples for some three and a half days and would
have for their use the first car on the moon, an electric dune buggy.

But first, the matter of ceremony. Planting the flag, or perhaps a stick or spear
before flags were created, has been a tradition in exploration since ancient times,
and moon exploration was no exception. They couldn’t, however, count on the
wind blowing the flag since there is no air on the moon. So they used a small
metal snap-up curtain rod along the top edge of the flag.

Why had we gone to the moon at all? Was it worth the cost? There may be
no single answer to these questions which we must all decide for ourselves.
The spirit of exploration is either in your heart or it is not. Dave Scott spoke
eloquently when he said, “As I stand here in the wonders of the unknown
at Hadley, I try to realize there is a fundamental truth to our nature. Man
must explore. And this is exploration at its greatest.”

 

ALAN BEAN - September 2012 - Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley

 

Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley - Alan Bean

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