GregGleason
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Twenty-one years ago today, Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" hit the theaters. Although there are technical errors we SpaceGeeks quibble about, it's still a pretty good flick.
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Many years after the movie, the surviving Apollo 13 astronauts spoke at the Smithsonian.
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One of the films most quoted lines is by Flight Director Gene Kranz, "Failure is not an option!". When Mr. Kranz was on a book tour in the Houston area for his book of the same name, he said that he never said the actual quote. While never spoken, he went on to say that the sentiment was present and was part of the ethos of the mission control team.
Greg
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Many years after the movie, the surviving Apollo 13 astronauts spoke at the Smithsonian.
[YOUTUBE]nDqkBccEcb0[/YOUTUBE]
One of the films most quoted lines is by Flight Director Gene Kranz, "Failure is not an option!". When Mr. Kranz was on a book tour in the Houston area for his book of the same name, he said that he never said the actual quote. While never spoken, he went on to say that the sentiment was present and was part of the ethos of the mission control team.
Greg