Today at work, my division got the opportunity to hear the one and only Mr. Gene Kranz speak on "Failure is Not an Option". The man is an excellent speaker and his passion for manned space flight is still very prevalent in his speech. Mr. Kranz took us through his career including the now famous Apollo 13 experience. Pretty nifty stuff.
This is not the first time i've seen Gene give a speech in person. Several years ago, my company invited him to some talk at one of our awards banquets. Mr. Kranz and I arrived at the same time and i was able to chat with him for the short walk to the function. And as a surprise we received autographed copies of his new book, "Failure Is Not an Option".
Anyway...back to the title of the post. In the question and answer session following the speech today, one young flight controller asked how would you educate the public about the importance of NASA? The question was actually worded differently, but you get the idea. Mr. Kranz responded that it starts with the "foot soldiers of space"...those that are passionate about space...those that work in the space business...go out and talk to the community and spread the passion. From there it will perpetuate to the masses.
It's no secret that i'm passionate about the job i do...and i'll talk to you about it for hours if you let me.
I'm a foot soldier of space...are you?
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i have always been fascinated by astronomy and all things space related, I LOVE STARS!!!!!! the real ones in the sky and the star shape itself,talk away,LOL
Yes!
His speech was nice, and helped my motivation a little. I do want to try to volunteer to showcase NASA a bit more than I currently do.
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