[backwoods-engineer]

Pete Conrad was a character, and Al Bean was a perfect straight man for him. I've got Bean's book around here somewhere.

There aren't any men like that left in the space program.

[NCC-1701]

Have you seen pictures of their lunar surface cuff lists? They were laced with Playboy playmates and other humorous things. The guys in flight prep knew the Conrad and Bean well. In some of the comm from the moon, they can be heard laughing at some of the check list items. The 12 crew was a true crew that worked well together. The 15 and 17 crews were similar in makeup but not near as tight as 12 was. In fact, the 12 crew had their crew positions painted on their Vettes, CDR, LMP, CMP. Now, how cool was that?

[Celtic Conservative]

Another funny moment: during the Command module/ Lunar excursion module re-docking sequence Pete Conrad can be heard to say "they say that guy Gordon is smooth as silk", referring to Dick Gordon, the CM pilot.

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