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Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, Is this thing still flying? If the answer is yes, then there's no immediate danger, no need to overreact.

Alan Bean

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Alan Bean
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: March 15
Died: 2018
Died: May 26
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