Huge, detailed and intriguing article on Apollo 13, 35 years after splashdown. If you're into this sort of thing, you'll love it.
Kranz's word was law. "The flight director probably has the simplest mission job description in all America," Kranz told Spectrum. "It's only one sentence long: 'The flight director may take any action necessary for crew safety and mission success.' " The only way for NASA to overrule a flight director during a mission was to fire him on the spot.
Kranz's word was law. "The flight director probably has the simplest mission job description in all America," Kranz told Spectrum. "It's only one sentence long: 'The flight director may take any action necessary for crew safety and mission success.' " The only way for NASA to overrule a flight director during a mission was to fire him on the spot.