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Gene Kranz and Jim Lovell, two of the heros of the Apollo 13 mission, gave an awesome presentation at the Monday General Session of\u00a0SolidWorks World 2011.\u00a0 They took turns\u00a0to talking in depth about their experiences with that potential disaster and the failures that led to it.\u00a0\u00a0 Much of their experience was well documented in the movie Apollo 13, but hearing them talk about it first hand is 100 times better.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/a><\/p>\n

The press conference that followed the General Session gave the press an opportunity to ask questions of Lovell and Kranz.\u00a0\u00a0 When asked about how they view risk in the U.S. space program, Kranz talked about Apollo 13 at first, but then mentioned the Columbia space shuttle disaster.\u00a0 He stated that practically the whole project management was fired.\u00a0 He then added that their firing was a mistake.\u00a0 In regard to the NASA team, he added,\u00a0<\/p>\n

Where do you learn if you aren’t allowed to make mistakes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When asked about human\u00a0exploration of\u00a0Mars,\u00a0Lovell discussed the loss\u00a0of resolve to continue the U.S. space program.<\/p>\n

We lost that incentive to continue a viable program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He also stated,<\/p>\n

We’ll eventually go to\u00a0Mars, but it\u00a0won’t be [Americans].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are other questions for which\u00a0they gave facinating answers.\u00a0 All cover more of the press conference later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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