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Author Kranz, Gene.
Title Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond / Gene Kranz.
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MESSAGE
 DEFIANCE MAIN COLLECTION  TL873 .K73 2000     AVAILABLE  
Table of Contents
1The Four-Inch Flight11
2"Liftoff; the Clock Is Running"36
3"God Speed, John Glenn"56
4The Brotherhood78
5The Making of a Rocket Man101
6Gemini - The Twins119
7White Flight132
8The Spirit of 76153
9The Angry Alligator175
10A Fire on the Pad191
11Out of the Ashes208
12The X Mission223
13The Christmas Story234
141969 - The Year of Apollo247
15SimSup Wins the Final Round256
16"We Copy You Down, Eagle"272
17"What the Hell Was That?"296
18The Age of Aquarius306
19Coming Home325
20Shepard's Return340
21What Do You Do After the Moon?352
22The Last Liftoff372
 Epilogue381
 Where They Are385
 Acknowledgments388
AppendixFoundations of Mission Control393
 Glossary of Terms394
 Index399
Description 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Four-inch flight -- "Liftoff; the clock is running" -- "God speed, John Glenn" -- Brotherhood -- Making of a rocket man -- Gemini: the twins -- White flight -- Spirit of 76 -- Angry alligator -- Fire on the pad -- Out of the ashes -- X mission -- Christmas story -- 1969: the year of Apollo -- SimSup wins the final round -- "We copy you down, Eagle" -- "What the hell was that" -- Age of Aquarius -- Coming home -- Shepard's return -- What do you do after the moon -- Last liftoff.
Summary The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.
Subject Kranz, Gene -- Career in aerospace engineering.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Manned space flight -- Systems engineering -- United States -- History.
Ground support systems (Astronautics) -- History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0743200799
9780743200790
OCLC # 43590801


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