Review: Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

Title: Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Author: Gene Kranz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: February 21, 2001 (first published January 7th 2000)
Edition: Kindle (416 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Memoir
• History
• Space Exploration

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gene Kranz tells a riveting story of his experiences as NAASA beginning in the early days of space flight and the space race to get to the moon, culminating as a Flight Director for several missions. He shared his experiences working and interacting with astronauts and others involved in the space program during his nearly three and a half decades at NAASA.

What impressed me about this book is its detail, and also the number of close calls experienced by mission participants--most notable, of course, is the near disaster of the Apollo 13 event. This book will be added to my reread list. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in space flight.