He said “Let’s get it right” During the classroom scenes, emotions were high and the mood was tense. Kranz kept his composure and remained calm. He stated the mission had to be improvised to get the crew home. He opened the discussion for debate. He kept the classroom calm and pointed out the facts about the situation. He stated that he didn’t care
levels of carbon dioxide within the command module the men were traveling in, and severely decreased their power capabilities. Immediately NASA assembled the best and brightest men they had on staff to assess the situation and Flight Director Gene Kranz (played by Ed Harris) called off the Moon landing, changing the final task of the mission to a safe return home. Through repeated calculation, experimentation by Ken Mattingly who knew the module systems well, and a bit of luck, the men managed to
Are you focused on what you're doing and thinking during an emergency? Do you just give up if you’re stuck in a problem? In the Scholastic Scope article, “Disaster in Space,” it teaches us that in an emergency, we should remain calm and focused on the problem and to never give up, as the astronauts and engineers involved in the Apollo 13 mission did during an emergency on the spacecraft. These processes are exemplified in the Scholastic Scope article, “Disaster in Space” when it talks about how three
Oftentimes, the thought of watching a movie based on true events conjures up images of boring history lessons. Few of us think such a movie could be enthralling and action-packed. Apollo 13, however, is just that. This 1995 film directed by Ron Howard, is an incredibly accurate portrayal of an event in United States spaceflight history, meant to strengthen the public’s opinion surrounding similar missions and commemorate the crew and mission control who partook in Apollo 13. When Apollo 13’s crew