Arts, Culture & Media  Moon art from someone who's been there
Player utilities  It’s been almost 40 years since a human first
walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong made that giant leap for
mankind on July 20th, 1969. 11 men followed him in successive
Apollo Missions. Of that intrepid dozen, only one is an artist.
Alan Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon, and he has
dedicated his life to capturing his experiences in space, on
canvas.  A special exhibition of his work is to open next week
at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. One of the
paintings Alan Bean prizes most is called "That’s How it Felt to
Walk on the Moon." In it, Bean depicts himself in his white
space suit, with soft splashes of blues and pinks and sunset
yellows. It’s his way of sharing the sheer exhilaration of
walking on the moon.  Bean says, "It’s an incredible moment,
it’s a moment where you feel like you’re like the luckiest guy
on earth. It’s a moment where your life is at stake and the
people that got you there better