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"Kranz was flight director for both Apollo 11, the mission in which Neil Armstrong fulfilled President Kennedy's pledge, and Apollo 13. He headed the Tiger Team that had to figure out how to bring the three Apollo 13 astronauts safely back to Earth. (In the film Apollo 13, Kranz was played by the actor Ed Harris, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance.)".
"In Failure Is Not an Option, Gene Kranz recounts these historic events and offers new information about the famous flights. What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses. When the space technology failed, as it sometimes did, the controllers' only recourse was to rely on their skills and those of their teammates.
Kranz takes us inside Mission Control and introduces us to some of the whiz kids - still in their twenties, only a few years out of college - who had to figure it all out as they went along, creating a great and daring enterprise. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success."--BOOK JACKET.
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Systems engineering, Ground support systems (Astronautics), Manned space flight, United States, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, History, Kranz, Gene, Career in aerospace engineering, Astronautics, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Large type books, Project apollo (u.s.), United states, national aeronautics and space administration, Astronautics, history, New York Times reviewed, Aerospace engineeringPlaces
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Jun 23, 2009, Simon & Schuster
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
August 2001, Thorndike Press
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0783891377 9780783891378
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Failure Is Not an Option
February 2001, Simon & Schuster
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Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
May 8, 2001, Berkley Trade
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0425179877 9780425179871
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
April 12, 2000, Simon & Schuster
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0743200799 9780743200790
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
August 2000, Thorndike Press
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0783891369 9780783891361
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Failure is not an option: mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
2000, G.K. Hall, G K Hall & Co
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0783891369 9780783891361
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Failure Is Not an Option: My Life in Mission Control
1999, Little Brown & Company
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0316519340 9780316519342
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