Gene Kranz - There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team,

There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.

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Kranz, Gene. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

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About the Author

Gene Kranz

Born: August 17, 1933
Nationality: American
Profession: Flight Director Gemini Apollo Programs, Director NASA Mission Operations

Biography

Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz is an American aerospace engineer, a former fighter pilot, and a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He is best known for directing the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13, and was later portrayed in the major motion picture of the same name by actor Ed Harris. He is also noted for his close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper "mission" vests (waistcoats) of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions.

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