Heroes of the Space Age by Rod Pyle

Author:Rod Pyle
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633885257
Publisher: Prometheus Books

Figure 4.9. Kranz confers with Chris Kraft (right) during the inaugural launch of the space shuttle in 1981. (Courtesy of NASA.)

“It represents everything we learned about spaceflight, the commitment and the teamwork of the Mercury and the Gemini Programs,” Kranz recalls. The emblem personified “the mission. Morale, believing so strongly in your mission, your team, and your success that you literally cause the right things to happen. Tough and competent came out of the Apollo fire, where basically we weren't tough enough. We didn't step up to our responsibilities. We have to remember, in the business we're in, we're always accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. Competent [is something that] we can never stop learning. So basically, I sketched out to Bob the elements that I wanted to be representative of the emblem of Mission Control. And he agreed to go do this.”70

The results of that commitment to teamwork, to excellence, to perfection, continue through this day as Mission Control prepares to team up with private industry to send astronauts to the International Space Station and beyond, to once again return to the moon. And Kranz could not be prouder of the results.

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