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"I have painted Pete Conrad and myself
239,000 miles from Earth during the Apollo XII mission, standing
on the Ocean of Storms, looking homeward. Pete and I had come
a long way together. He is the best astronaut I have ever known.
As we looked up, the sky was a deep shiny black. As I touched
Pete's shoulder I thought, can all the people we know or have
seen or heard about actually be up on that tiny blue and white
marble? It was a wondrous moment."
Countersigned by Charles C. Conrad Jr., Apollo XII Commander
and the artist Alan Bean. |
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