Alan Bean has lived the impossible dream by becoming the fourth person to leave his footprints on the moon. In his role of astronaut, he will take each person in the audience along with him as Lunar Module Pilot on the flight of Apollo 12. Along the way he will present some thoughts and ideas that will help each individual reach for their own personal and professional stars. He believes that the dreams each person holds in his heart are important. Both individually and organizationally, he himself has reached for the stars.

In 1973, Alan Bean was the Commander of Skylab Mission II (SL III), where he lived 59 days in space, orbiting 270 miles above our planet Earth. Under his leadership his crew accomplished 150% of their pre-mission goals - a record unsurpassed before or since.

During his career as astronaut, Alan helped establish eleven world records in aeronautics and astronautics. He was awarded two NASA Distinguished Service Medals. He has also received the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal, and many other national and international honors. He has appeared as himself in movies and television as "Rockets Red Glare" with Robert Wagner. Actor Dave Foley portrayed Alan in Tom Hanks' epic miniseries From the Earth to the Moon for HBO.

Alan is a gifted speaker. His competence and credibility causes audiences to think about where they are professionally and where they want to be. By talking with, and listening to the client prior to the event, Alan custom tailors each speech around the theme of the client's event and the specific goals they wish to emphasize. Organizations and individuals are almost always significantly better than they believe. The saving of the Apollo 13 crew after their oxygen tank exploded is a perfect example.

By drawing on his own personal experences from his 18-year career in NASA, Alan can focus on a broad variety of subjects: teamwork, high achievement, risk taking, goal setting, attitude control, achieving maximum potential, creative thinking, leadership, and effective followership. In so doing he shows how a company or an individual can find ways to accomplish their goals and dreams and more!

"We have but a brief chace, maybe 30 or 40 years at the most, to accomplish all we have dreamed we could. What we do today and tomorrow is not a rehearsal for some other life. Right now is the time we must be willing to do whatever it takes to be the person, professionally and personally, we always dreamed we could be." Captain Bean emphasizes that our future will be cast in the image of our thoughts and actions of today.

Captain Bean shows why as human beings from the Planet Earth we are the most extraordinary creatures in the universe. We are unique because as far as we know we are the only beings in the universe whose only limits are those we place on ourselves. As a NASA Astronaut, Bean learned that people did not have to be extra gifted or extra talented to do something great. No matter what their level of achievement may have been in the past, with extra effort and dedication they can be great in the future. Organizations and individuals are almost always significantly better than they know or believe. The saving of the Apollo 13 crew after their oxygen tank exploded is a perfect example.

People listen to Alan. He has competence and credibility and he causes them to think about where they are professionally and where they want to be. He stresses that we have but a brief chance, maybe 30 to 40 years at the most, to accomplish all we have dreamed we could. What we do today and tomorrow is not a rehearsal for some other life. Right now is the time we must be willing to do whatever it takes to be the person, professionally and personally, we have always dreamed we could be. Captain Bean emphasizes that our future will be cast in the image of our thoughts and actions of today.

• The Art of Space Exploration
• Astronaut/Moonwalker
• Motivation/Inspiration
• Teamwork/Teambuilding
• Peak Performance/Achievement
• Adventure
• Leadership