Gene KranzSpaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect.
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Space exploration is all too fragile. If you carelessly, incompetently, and neglect to do your job well enough, you will be punished for it. The worst thing that can happen to you is to be removed from your position. The worst thing that can happen to the world is for you to fail at doing your job.
Source: Failure Is Not An Option: Mission Control From Mercury To Apollo 13 And Beyond
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