Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Gene Kranz

416 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
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This 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 ...

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inspiring 100%
informative 82%
adventurous 76%
hopeful 35%
reflective 29%
tense 11%
emotional 5%
funny 5%

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slow 12%

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