"The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder."
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Quoted by Gene Kranz in Failure is Not an Option (2000).
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Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.
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