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Failure Is Not an Option
2003 · Film · documentary · 90 min
The Space Race comes alive through the eyes of the ultimate insider - retired NASA Mission Control Flight Director Gene Kranz. A history of the U.S. manned space program from Mercury to Apollo 17, as seen by the men of Mission Control.
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Along with all the other great comments here about Bean, one of my favorite aspects of his time as an astronaut is that he was the one in the rocket for the renowned SCE to Aux situation. This 4-minute clip from the "Failure Is Not An Option" documentary explains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQIryll8y8
I agree. If you haven't yet seen it, "Failure is not an Option" is an awesome mini-documentary about mission control from the early years through the Apollo program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9mFBY1oT8
This actually looks like a pretty effective interface for users who are willing to be trained for months. Think about it: after you are trained, every piece of information is just one glance away and every action is just one button click away.
Reminds me of the often-told story about Apollo 12 and how a little-known switch resolved an electrical issue that threatened the entire mission, though in that case it was a person on the ground who instructed an astronaut what to do. The following four-minute clip is from the documentary "Failure Is Not An Option."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQIryll8y8