Failure Is Not an Option : Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

from skrishna

I found this book to be more captivating than Chris Kraft's memoir, but I don't know exactly why. They are both excellent books, perhaps because Gene Kranz's memoir focused almost exclusively on his time with the space program. Either way, while they are both excellent books, I'd have to recommen...

from Hae-Yu

When it comes to the space program, most books focus on the astronauts, but the readers do themselves an incredible injustice by skipping the other 95% of the action. This book covers those heroes. I had always thought of Mission Control as similar to Air Traffic Controllers. If the tower isn't o...

from homeofharris

I loved every bit of this book. It really humanizes the great early works of NASA. It seems like everyone thinks scientists are some kinds of robots; they are inaccessible and unfeeling, but seeing the stories through the eyes of Gene Kranz really bring them home.This book chronicles the history ...

from LisaMaria_C

Flight Director Gene Kranz was involved with NASA's Mission Control since 1960 in the early days of the agency during the Mercury Program, and was "Flight" during the first Moon Landing and during Apollo 13--and became famous as a result of the film of that name. The title is taken from a line gi...

from kaulsu

This audio book explained more terms than I ever knew existed, but kept my attention the whole while. One anachronism that assaulted my ears several times was to hear the space program furthering the cause of mankind. How fast one's ear becomes attuned to more inclusive language. Throughout the m...