Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted January 21, 2011 Showmasters Admin Share Posted January 21, 2011 latest Guest Announcement - Jerry Bostick Mission control Apollo 13 FDO Flight Dynamics Officer NASA CAREER: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Aerospace Engineer, Structures Division (1962) NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas Aerospace Engineer, Mission Planning and Analysis Division (1962-1965) Flight Dynamics Officer, Flight Dynamics Officer Section, Flight Dynamics Branch (1965-1966) Range Safety Representative (1968-1973) Head, Flight Dynamics Officer Section, Flight Dynamics Branch (1966-1968) Chief, Flight Dynamics Branch (1968-1973) NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Assistant Executive Secretary, Office of Administrator (1973-1974) Office of Energy Program (1974) Special Assistant for Programs, Office of Energy Programs (1974) Director, Energy Technology Applications Division, Office of Energy Programs (1974-1975) NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Chief, Technical Planning Office (1975-1976) Manager, Payload Deployment and Retrieval Systems Office (1976-1979) Deputy Manager, Space Transportation System (STS) Program Office (1979-1982) Acting Manager, STS Operations Program (1982-1982) Deputy Manager, Space Shuttle Program (1982-1983) Director, Mission Support (1983-1984) POST-NASA CAREER: Vice President, Space Systems, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Houston, TX Director, Business Development, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Houston, TX Technical Advisor, “Apollo 13†Movie (1994) FILM CAREER Apollo 13 - Technical Consultant Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (video documentary) - Himself, Special Thanks Armageddon - Mission Control Advisor From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series) - Technical Consultant (4 episodes, 1998) Explanation by Jerry Bostick about the term 'Failure is not an option" As far as the expression 'Failure is not an option", you are correct that Kranz never used that term. In preparation for the movie, the script writers, Al Reinart and Bill Broyles, came down to Clear Lake to interview me on "What are the people in Mission Control really like?" One of their questions was "Weren't there times when everybody, or at least a few people, just panicked?" My answer was "No, when bad things happened, we just calmly laid out all the options, and failure was not one of them. We never panicked, and we never gave up on finding a solution." I immediately sensed that Bill Broyles wanted to leave and assumed that he was bored with the interview. Only months later did I learn that when they got in their car to leave, he started screaming, "That's it! That's the tag line for the whole movie, Failure is not an option. Now we just have to figure out who to have say it." Of course, they gave it to the Kranz character, and the rest is history. From left to right: Ron Howard, Mike Bostick, Jerry Bostick, Tom Hanks Among those pictured above during the Apollo 13 rescue are: Glynn Lunney (lower left), Bill Tindall (seated beside Mr. Lunney with his chin in his hand), Christopher Kraft (standing beside Mr. Tindall with cigar in left hand), and Jerry Bostick (wearing a sportscoat and tie and looking over Tindall's right shoulder)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearwater Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Outstanding! Well done guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Fooku Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Excellent announcement, it would be great to see more people from mission control at these events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prendy9160 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice one David keep adding Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemen1969 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Great !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descartes Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 First Class. Could this be the start of a Mission Control / Apollo 13 themed show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannerzzz09 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Excellent guest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldrin Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Top stuff! Keep 'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machbusterman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Good guest Jason and Dave! BTW Jason, I read one of your posts (since deleted) on the collectSPACE forum in response to Sy Liebergot's inaccurate comments. Fair play fella... you defended well.... sorry the post was removed however! Onwards and upwards!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Dave Phillips Posted January 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hi There Yes unfortunately we were not allowed to respond to comments which were not only inaccurate but also made us out to be lying about our guest list. Whichever way you look at it and whichever way you dress it, comments like that make people feel we are trying to misslead them. We have never and will never add a guest to our list unless we are sure they are coming. The only place for accurate up to date information is this forum. Anyway we already have so far Scott, Jerry and Ed so a great line up with a good few months to go. Thanks for the support though. Best Dave Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Dawson's Express Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Excellent news, if there's only him at A17 I would still come along... Well done! von Dawson's Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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