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Space Continues To Be In Alan Bean's Big Picture; Be Persistent: The artistic astronaut soared to the moon on enthusiasm, careful preparation and try, try again doggedness.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(BEST OF LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: MICHAEL MINK
Alan Bean rocketed to the moon on the wings of persistence.
From the time Bean was a boy growing up during World War II and learning about the heroic exploits of American military pilots, he wanted to be one of them.
By 1962 he was a Navy test pilot who'd decided to answer NASA's call for a second group of astronauts to follow the original Mercury Seven.
Out of thousands of applicants, Bean made the final list of 35. But when the new astronauts were chosen from that group, Bean's name wasn't called. He was disappointed, but didn't give up. He understood NASA's decision and what it would take for him to make it next time.
NASA officials had chosen the applicants they thought were most qualified, Bean, now 72, wrote in "My Life as an Astronaut." "(The) space program was growing -- America would soon need even more astronauts.
"I still had a chance. But if I wanted to be selected, I would have to do everything I could to make sure that next time I was "most qualified.'
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