PDF-(EBOOK)-Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of Americas manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades As a flight director in NASAs Mission Control Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission and beyond He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn then assumed the flight directors role in the Gemini program which he guided to fruition With his teammates he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F Kennedys commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s Kranz was flight director for both Apollo 11 the mission in which Neil Armstrong fulfilled President Kennedys 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 thrilling 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 hairraising 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 behindthescenes details to demonstrate the leadership discipline trust and teamwork that made the space program a success Finally Kranz reflects on what has happened to the space program and offers his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now This is a fascinating firsthand account written by a veteran mission controller of one of Americas greatest achievements. 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DEKE SLAYTON (MR.)NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED)PERSONAL DATA:Born March 1, 1924, in Sparta, Wisconsin. Died June 13, 1993. He is survived by wife, Bobbie, and son, Kent.EDUCATION:Graduated from Sparta titaness. , . Leto. .. Artemis was the goddess of the moon and hunting and protected wild animals.. Apollo was the sun god and patron of the arts.. The raven was his special bird.. Both Apollo and Artemis are associated with woodland.. Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America\'s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA\'s Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight director\'s role in the Gemini program, which he guided to fruition. With his teammates, he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F. Kennedy\'s commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. 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 thrilling 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. Finally, Kranz reflects on what has happened to the space program and offers his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now. This is a fascinating firsthand account written by a veteran mission controller of one of America\'s greatest achievements. Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America\'s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA\'s Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight director\'s role in the Gemini program, which he guided to fruition. With his teammates, he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F. Kennedy\'s commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. 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 thrilling 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. Finally, Kranz reflects on what has happened to the space program and offers his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now. This is a fascinating firsthand account written by a veteran mission controller of one of America\'s greatest achievements. June 4, 2021. Carolyn Ernst, MExAG Vice-Chair. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Notes. These slides represent the inputs of the MExAG Steering Committee and lessons learned from the recent Mercury Lander Planetary Mission Concept Study (PMCS)..