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We had risen to probably one of the greatest challenges in history, put a man on the moon in the decade. We'd created incredible technologies. But what was most important, we'd created the teams, what I call the human factor.

— Eugene F. Kranz

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Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do.

Competent means we will never take anything for granted.

Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect.

These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control.

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