Alan Bean Hand Signed Artist Proof Limited Edition Giclee Print on Paper:"Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley"
Artist: Alan Bean
Title: Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley
Size: 16" x 24"
Edition: Artist Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition AP with COA.
Release Date: 9/2012
From Alan Bean: "Falcon is on the plain at Hadley," reported the excited Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott on July 30, 1971. Dave and the 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 the flags were created, has been a tradition in the exploration since ancient times, and the 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.
Title: Ceremony on the Plain at Hadley
Size: 16" x 24"
Edition: Artist Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition AP with COA.
Release Date: 9/2012
From Alan Bean: "Falcon is on the plain at Hadley," reported the excited Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott on July 30, 1971. Dave and the 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 the flags were created, has been a tradition in the exploration since ancient times, and the 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.
