CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Apollo 13′s best known quotes originated not in space or Mission Control, but in Hollywood.
Their moon-bound spacecraft wrecked by an oxygen tank explosion on April 13, 1970, the astronauts urgently radioed, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” Screenwriters for the 1995 film “Apollo 13″ wanted to punch that up.
Thus was born “Houston, we have a problem.” Even more artistic license was taken with NASA flight director Gene Kranz’ mobilizing speech to his team in Houston.
Kranz never declared, “Failure is not an option.” Ask Kranz what he actually told flight controllers, and he rattles it off without a moment’s hesitation a half-century later. “I have never lost an American in space, sure as hell aren’t going to lose
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