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Failure Is Not an Option

Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

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Failure Is Not an Option

Auteur(s): Gene Kranz
Narrateur(s): Danny Campbell
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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.

©2009 Gene Kranz (P)2011 Tantor
Amériques Astronomie et science de l’espace Histoire et culture Physique Professionnels et universitaires Science Science et technologie États-Unis Technologie Célébrité Force aérienne des États-Unis Force aérienne Aviation Interstellaire Space Program

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"Plenty of books (and several films) have already tried to depict the space program's excitement; few of their creators had the first-person experience or the attention to detail Krantz has, whose role as flight control "White" his readers will admire or even wish to emulate." ( Publishers Weekly)
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If you ever wondered about how the space program started, the tech, the good days , the bad and some great motivational words that could help people today then this is your book! Well written and very detailed with great narrations! Will listen to again!

Great book!

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A great book for space nerds or aspiring leaders. Would highly recommend to someone who knows nothing about NASA history or a buff.

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Amazing piece of history. An Incredible story about an even more incredible feat done without any of today's technology

Amazing

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Gene Kranz humbly tells the story of his rise from Air Force pilot to legendary NASA Flight Director. Compared to the novel The Right Stuff which focusses on the bravado of fighter jock/astronauts, Failure Is Not An Option describes how NASA conquered the Moon through the pure grit of mission controllers.

Learn about mission control from the greatest

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I slowed the play speed to 0.85 so it was easier to take in all the info. What an incredible story! If you are enthused about the American space race including the first manned space flight, the first men on the moon, the almost disastrous Appollo 13, and much more from that era, this is the book for you!

Incredible history of the American space race

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Kranz’s name was part of the narrative we learned as the Mercury and Apollo missions played out. Neil Armstrong’s arrival on the moon is a marker in many of our lives. What it took to get him there is the core of this book. It is raw, factual, personal and generous to readers and to those who were instrumental in making the US space successes possible. One needs to allow for the element of self pride that comes with this account as it was earned. Kranz hopes his dedication to the space program will foster a renewed and natural desire to seek an understanding of our lives, shared planet and the seemingly endless universe.

Behind the scenes and in the firing line of the US space beginnings

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A great book, though surprised the program code pronunciation wasn't corrected - quite a minor gripe :)

12-0-2 not 1-2-0-2 :D

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Growing up with the space program I was familiar with Gene Kranz. His story of Alan Shepard's first flight to Gene Cernan's last walk on the moon was incredible. It was full of interesting facts. It was well written and nicely narrated.

BRILLIANT

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Insightful story of the space program, terrific details about the teams that reached the Moon

Great story of the space program

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I can’t think of a better person to give us the full perspective on all the missions that put Americans to space. He remembers every mission with vivid detail. If you think this book is only about Apollo 13, it’s not. But of the early start of Mercury all the way to Apollo 17. Written in a beautiful technical way that made an engineer shed tears.

Great technical Mercury-Gemini-Apollo timeline book

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