Tough and Competent

By Eugene F Kranz, Jessica Bushore (editor),

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"It was as tough a test as could be conceived and put to flight control . . . if there was any weakness, the team would have crumbled. The teams dealt with IT!! There is no way that you could have a team stand up the way we did. We…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Tough and Competent as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried

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I enjoyed this book because I shared the author's life with him in both the Mercury and Mission Control Centers. I witnessed his intense management and leadership style first-hand.

Not only was he my direct supervisor, but he was my mentor and friend. His family was very close to mine; he was also my neighbor. Gene is one of the reasons the Space Program was so successful. He epitomizes "Tough and Competent."

From Manfred's list on manned spaceflight operations.