Captain Alan Bean Dinner

Astronaut Alan Bean will be the special guest at a fundraising dinner held at the Hartness House Inn on Friday, August 14, 2009 sponsored by the Springfield Telescope Makers. Guests will hear brief remarks from moonwalker Bean and have a chance to personally meet him and have photographs taken with him. This is the 40th Anniversary of the 1969 Apollo moonwalks, and Alan Bean was the 4th person to walk on the moon - this promises to be a special remembrance of that achievement.

Joe Gavin

Joe Gavin: The Springfield Telescope Makers are pleased to have Joe Gavin, vice president of Grumman Aerospace Corporation and director of the Apollo Lunar Module Program from 1962 – 1972, join us in welcoming Apollo astronaut Alan Bean at this dinner (More about Joe).

Dave Reed: Dave was the Flight Dynamics Officer (trajectory control) for Apollo 12. The Springfield Telescope Makers are pleased that Dave will attended this dinner and we expect him to make some brief remarks about the challenges of landing Apollo 12 near the Surveyor spacecraft that had landed three years earlier (More about Dave).

Details: Only 100 tickets at $150 each will be available for sale; total attendance at this event will be 110 people - this will insure you will have the opportunity to personally meet Captain Bean. Tickets will only be sold on-line on this page, first come, first served. Dress at this event is "Golf/Office Casual" - ties not required. Your tickets will be mailed to you if you order on or before August 6th, after that they we be available for pickup at the door with proper identification. While this event is being held in conjunction with the 2009 Stellafane Convention, it is totally separate from that event and Convention Registration is not required.

Venue & Dinner Selection: This event will be held at the Hartness House Inn in the Victorian Ballroom. The Porter-Hartness Museum of Amateur Telescope Making will be open at 4:00 PM, Social Hour starts at 5:00 PM and Dinner will be seated at 6:00 PM. When purchasing your tickets, you will be asked to make a dinner selection of:

Prime Rib Aus Jus
Panco Crusted Chicken Cordon Blue
Jumbo Shrimp with Lemon Linguini
Vegan

Cash bar available. Desert choices will include Apple Crisp, Chocolate Mousse or Cheesecake with Coffee or Tea.

Photos from the Dinner

Several attendees took photos at this dinner, below we present some of their best shots to document this special event at Stellafane.

Photos by John Briggs* of the Springfield Telescope Makers* John took a lot of Wide Angle shots of the Dinning Room, we start with these to give you a feel of what it was like to be there.


The Head Table L-to-R: The Simoni Family, Captain Alan Bean, Kris Larsen, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Gavin, Mrs. & Mr. Dave Reed
The Head Table	Gary Cislak chats with Bean	John Martin & The Simoni's
The Speakers
Captain Alan Bean	Dave Reed	Joe Gavin
Al Nagler	VP Gary Cislak, conceived and organized this dinner	The Gavin's & The Reed's
The Dinning Room in more Detail

Photos by Jim Zebrowski* of the Aldrich Astronomical Society*
Jim Zebrowski with Bean	Bean chats before dinner	Bean with Rich Sanderson
Bean signs Sanderson's book	Host Gary Cislak	Dave Reed & Surveyor photo
Joe Gavin speaks	Captain Bean reads a document he was given.	Al Nagler speaks
Alan Bean & Dave Reed	Bean enjoys a laugh	Captain Bean speaks
Captain Bean speaks	Bean with LEM model	Bean & Reed at the head table
Capt. Bean & Al Monkowski	Capt. bean greeting guests	Bean with Iwo Jima picture
Gavin & Reed sign posters	Dave Reed after dinner	Gary Cislak, Bert Willard, Dave Reed & Michael Costanza

Photos by Jim Beaty* of the Springfield telescope Makers*
	Bean with Jim Beaty

Bean with John Gallagher	Bean with Al Monkowski	Andrew Simoni, Captain Bean, Kris Larsen & The Gavins
The Simonis & Captain Bean	Dave Reed	Dave Reed
Bean applauds Dave Reed	Joe Gavin	Joe Gavin
Andrew Simoni & Alan Bean	Al Nagler	Captain Alan Bean
Captain Alan Bean	Bean with LEM model	Captain Alan Bean

Photos by Paul Valleli* of the Springfield Telescope Makers*
Al Monkowski & John Gallaher with Alan Bean	Al Nagler	Andrew Simoni, Alan Bean & Kris Larsen
Bert Willard	Tom Gorka in red tie	Deb & Dave Kelly
Bean with Tony Pirrera	Bean with Rich Sanderson	Gary Cislak, Bert & Sylvia Willard
Hannah DiCicco with Bean	Jim & Peter Beaty	John Briggs in suit
Tabor Family with Bean	Phil Rounseville with Bean	The Simonis with Capt Bean

Photos by Bert Willard, Club Historian, Springfield Telescope Makers Bert arranged for Dave Reed to speak at this event.
Dave Reed & Alan Bean	Dave Reed with Apollo Photo	Joe Gave speaks
Captain Alan Bean speaks	Alan Bean & Dave Reed	Alan Bean & Al Nagler

Photos by Keith Dayer* of the Albany Area Astronomers*
Capt. Bean with LEM Model	Karen Canton, Alan Bean & Keith Dayer	Capt. Bean and Dave Reed

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