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

Kranz, Gene

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ISBN 10: 0743200799 ISBN 13: 9780743200790

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2000

Riassunto

Relays an insider's account of NASA Mission Control from the early years of trying to catch the Russians, to the end of the manned space program by the man who headed the "tiger team" that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts.

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Recensione:

"An engaging behind-the-scenes memoir, a welcome contribution to the history of space flight." -- John Noble Wilford, The New York Times Book Review

"A blow-by-blow account of heroic teams overcoming adversity...No matter how many times you read the story of the Apollo 11 landing, with computer alarms going off and only seconds of fuel left, it is a heartstopper. Here, Kranz recalls it vividly." -- Alex Roland, The Washington Post

"A rich, behind-the-scenes account of the experts who held the lives of America's first space explorers in their hands." -- Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle

L'autore:

Eugene F. Kranz joined the NASA Space Task Group in 1960 and was Assistant Flight Director for Project Mercury (the original manned space missions). He continued as Flight Director for the Apollo 11 lunar landing. He is a co-recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work leading the Apollo 13 teams. Failure Is Not an Option is his first book. He lives with his family near Houston, Texas.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0743200799
• ISBN 13: 9780743200790
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 415