失败不是一个选项

“失败不是一个选项”是与NASA飞行主任吉恩·克兰兹（Gene Kranz）和阿波罗13号登月任务相关的一句话。尽管克兰兹经常被认为在该任务期间曾说过这句话，但实际上他并没有这样说。这句话的来源可以追溯到1995年电影《阿波罗13号》的筹备阶段，根据FDO飞行控制员杰里·博斯蒂克的说法：

In preparation for the movie, the script writers, Al Reinert 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." ... 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."

电影

“失败不是一个选项”是1995年电影《阿波罗13号》的标语。是由电影中饰演吉恩·克兰兹的艾德·哈里斯所说。

We've never lost an American in space; we're sure as hell not going to lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.

吉恩·克兰兹自传

吉恩·克兰兹将其出版于2000年的回忆录命名为“失败不是一个选项”。克兰兹之所以选择这句话作为书名，是因为他喜欢它体现了任务控制的态度。他在在书中指出，这是

a creed that we [NASA's Mission Control Center] all lived by: "Failure is not an option".

历史频道纪录片

《失败不是一个选项》是一部记录片，由美国历史频道制作，讲述了美国的太空计划，并提供了美国国家航空暨太空总署的飞行工程师、专案经理、飞行控制员、太空人等内部参与者的见解。演讲者包括克里斯·克拉夫特、吉恩·克兰兹、吉姆·洛佛尔、杰里·博斯蒂克、埃德·芬代尔、尤金·塞尔南、约翰·卢埃林、约翰·艾伦、格林·伦尼、瓦力·谢拉和杰瑞·葛瑞芬。该片从苏联史普尼克1号的发射一直讲到登月任务。这部记录片于2003年制作。

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Failure Is Not An Option tells the story of the men and women behind the space program – the men and women of mission control.

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