![]() ![]() I did not really research the program before I joined. ![]() Gene Kranz was flight director during the Gemini and Apollo missions, but got his start when the space program was just beginning. Kranz’ tale, and the story of the United States starting its space flight program, starts in late 1960, just before I was born. At home, Mom would put us up on the roof of our house to watch the launches while Dad was watching from much further away. Though I was very young, the beginning of the space program was always a presence – my Dad’s job included trips in the south Atlantic to a remote place called Ascension Island, where there was a NASA tracking station. The first few chapters of Gene Kranz’ book Failure Is Not An Option take place in this area, then move to Houston…where we moved to from IHB, and stayed for another four years. For about four years (before I was in kindergarten until the 2nd grade) my family and I lived in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, which is just a few miles from Cape Kennedy. ![]()
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