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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by Kranz, Gene | PB | Acceptable
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- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 1439148813
- Book Title
- Failure Is Not an Option : Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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This New York Times bestselling memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director. 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 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. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success. A fascinating firsthand account by a veteran mission controller of one of America's greatest achievements, Failure is Not an Option 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.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1439148813
ISBN-13
9781439148815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71701918
Product Key Features
Book Title
Failure Is Not an Option : Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
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"A blow-by-blow account of heroic teams overcoming adversity...No matter how many times you read the story of the Apollo 11 landing, with computer alarms going off and only seconds of fuel left, it is a heartstopper. Here, Kranz recalls it vividly." -- Alex Roland,The Washington Post, "A blow-by-blow account of heroic teams overcoming adversity...No matter how many times you read the story of the Apollo 11 landing, with computer alarms going off and only seconds of fuel left, it is a heartstopper. Here, Kranz recalls it vividly." -- Alex Roland, The Washington Post, Jim Lovellcommander, Apollo 13; and author,Lost Moon(also published asApollo 13)There are three kinds of people in the world: those who make things happen...those who watch things happen...and those who wonder what happened. InFailure Is Not an Option,Gene Kranz is the one who makes things happen. This is the thrilling story of NASA's Mission Control teams that guided the Apollo spacecraft through successful lunar landings and saved the lives of my Apollo 13 crew. Kranz takes you through each exciting flight as crisis after crisis is overcome to add a never-to-be-forgotten chapter to the history of spaceflight., "A rich, behind-the-scenes account of the experts who held the lives of America's first space explorers in their hands." -- Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle, "A rich, behind-the-scenes account of the experts who held the lives of America's first space explorers in their hands." -- Mark Carreau,Houston Chronicle, "An engaging behind-the-scenes memoir, a welcome contribution to the history of space flight." -- John Noble Wilford, The New York Times Book Review
Table of Content
CONTENTS 1 The Four-Inch Flight 2 "Liftoff; the Clock Is Running" 3 "God Speed, John Glenn" 4 The Brotherhood 5 The Making of a Rocket Man 6 Gemini -- The Twins 7 White Flight 8 The Spirit of 76 9 The Angry Alligator 10 A Fire on the Pad 11 Out of the Ashes 12 The X Mission 13 The Christmas Story 14 1969 -- The Year of Apollo 15 SimSup Wins the Final Round 16 "We Copy You Down, Eagle" 17 "What the Hell Was That?" 18 The Age of Aquarius 19 Coming Home 20 Shepard's Return 21 What Do You Do After the Moon? 22 The Last Liftoff Epilogue Where They Are Acknowledgments Appendix: Foundations of Mission Control Glossary of Terms Index
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629.45/3/0973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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Yes
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