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

Gene Kranz

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to t...

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The book was mentioned as a source of inspiration, in particular, the title phrase, which was also spoken by Gene Kranz, was mentioned as famous.

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Failure is not an option, Gene Kranz. Is that your middle name now?

— Episode: First Man – Celebrating Neil Armstrong

Episode: First Man – Celebrating Neil Armstrong

The book was mentioned as a source of inspiration, in particular, the title phrase, which was also spoken by Gene Kranz, was mentioned as famous.

"

Failure is not an option, Gene Kranz. Is that your middle name now?

Failure is not an option.

You've got to go get this book.

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