Submitted by dmman_gorguts on October 29, 2007

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Leadership In Apollo 13

An excellent example of the importance of facts based on real time information can be taken

from the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. The first indication that the mission was experiencing

difficulty was when James Lovell, the on-board commander of the spacecraft, noticed that they

were venting something into space which suggested that one of the oxygen tanks might have

ruptured. Shortly thereafter, there was more bad news:
Though a moon landing had been eliminated by the loss of the first oxygen tank and fuel cell,

the second system should still carry the astronauts safely home. Lovell noticed, however,...

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