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Lunar Grand Prix - Astronaut By Alan Bean

By Alan Bean

Lunar Grand Prix - Astronaut by Alan Bean

“Apollo 16 Commander John Young is putting the lunar rover through a full test,” says artist Alan Bean about "Lunar Grand Prix." “This was the second Apollo mission with the rover on board and the goal was to allow Young to evaluate the performance of the Rover in the light gravity on the dusty, cratered and rock surface of the Moon.”

"John Young later said, “The tendency was to drive wide open or very close to that and take what you got. The best reference to speed control was the speedometer as I really didn't have a feel for the difference between 7 and 10 kilometers per hour.” Later in the test, Young demonstrated a sharp turn at max speed, about 10 kilometers-per-hour. “I made the Rover end break out to show the engineers how it looked. It was no problem as all I had to do was cut back like I do when driving in snow . . . I didn't get up to any great speed, maybe 10 clicks at the most, but the terrain around there was too rough and rocky for that kind of foolishness . . . .”

"His companion, Astronaut Charlie Duke, filmed the scene with the 16mm data acquisition camera normally mounted on the Rover, but hand-held temporarily to document this drive. He told Houston at the time, “. . . man, Indy has never seen a driver like this.” ~ Alan Bean

Lunar Grand Prix - Astronaut by Alan Bean is available for sale as a signed and numbered limited edition giclee canvas has a 16 x 26 image size for sale priced at $750 unframed.

Order yours today before they are gone. All artwork is professionally boxed and fully insured guaranteed to arrive in mint condition. This painting was published in April of 2012.

Types	Dimensions	Edition Size	Price	Cart
Signed And Numbered Limited Edition Giclee Canvas	16 x 26 Image Size	95	$750.00
Signed And Numbered Limited Edition Artist Proof Giclee Canvas	16 x 26 Image Size	Artist Proof	$825.00

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