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Offline sts60

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Gene Kranz live
« on: January 07, 2015, 12:40:17 PM »

Offline Luke Pemberton

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Re: Gene Kranz live
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2015, 02:36:42 PM »
... As of right now, on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/innovation-speaker-forum

Words fail me when I think about Gene Kranz. My favourite find from the book of Kranz is:

"Keep the chatter down in this room!"

Professional to the end.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people – Sir Isaac Newton.

A polar orbit would also bypass the SAA - Tim Finch

Offline Luke Pemberton

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Re: Gene Kranz live
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2015, 03:43:34 PM »
... As of right now, on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/innovation-speaker-forum

Thanks, watched. Interesting quip about Apollo 13:

'So Apollo 13 reported that they had a problem. Yes we know that, but which one.'

[my paraphrase]
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people – Sir Isaac Newton.

A polar orbit would also bypass the SAA - Tim Finch

Offline DD Brock

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Re: Gene Kranz live
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2015, 07:26:13 PM »
Thanks for posting that up! Gene Kranz has been a hero of mine for a long while.