TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Was Failure Not an Option?

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the movie Apollo 13, Gene Kranz (played by Ed Harris) gives a list of instructions to his team at Mission Control and finishes by saying, "Failure is not an option!" 

But did he actually say those words?

Answer:

No, Gene Kranz did not actually say this during the Apollo 13 mission.  But he apparently liked the line – since he would later use it as the title of his 2000 autobiography. 

If you clicked here, odds are you’ll enjoy this little vignette on what REALLY happened…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4SjUbQDP7g

And probably also the cinematic version from the movie Apollo 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW7MGTSbSxc&feature=related

   

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