Alan Bean (Apollo 12) to speak at Pontefract - Oct 11th 2007

Hi All,

A heads up for a great talk for all those living "up North", or who fancy
travelling on the day.

It has been organised by the Wests Yorkshire AS, and contact details for
tickets etc are given below.

There was a similar evening with Charile Duke (Apollo 16), a year or so ago
which was excellent and was attended by about 600 people. A crowd of us
from the York AS went and thouroughly enjoyed it. We were able to ask
questions, chat and shake hands with Mr Duke afterwards and get our books
and photos signed, etc. My 6 year old son was very excited to shake the
hand of one of the few "Moon walkers" left. I can definitely recommend
making the effort to get to Pontefract for this special event.

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Ken Willoughby (WYAS) & Carleton Community High School Present :-



An Evening With Alan Bean. (Apollo XII & 4th Man to walk on the Moon.)



Thursday October 11th, 7:30pm at :-



Carleton Community High School,

Green Lane,

Carleton,

Pontefract,

WF8 3NW.



Tickets - £15 each.



Alan Bean was Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo XII and also flew on Skylab 3 in
1973 performing one 'spacewalk.'



Apollo XII was launched on November 14th 1969, and landed at Oceanus
Procellarum on November 19th, returning to Earth on November 24th.



Conrad & Bean deployed several Lunar Surface Experiments and installed the
first Nuclear Power Generator on the Moon to provide the power source and
collected 34.35kg of Moon Rock. They are also responsible for introducing
Pornography to the Moon!



Make cheques payable to Apollo XII and send a SAE to Ken Willoughby:



11 Hardistry Drive,

Pontefract,

West Yorkshire.

WF8 4BU.



Phone 01977 795535

e-mail for more details.



Alternatively, tickets can be left on door.

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Very best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

Paul B, York, UK.

York Astronomical Society
www.yorkastro.co.uk
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