NASA: ‘It’s a tragedy. It really is.’

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Apollo legend on NASA: ‘It’s a tragedy. It really is.’
Posted on September 3, 2013 | By Eric Berger

Chris Kraft did it all for NASA. He was the space agency’s first flight director, overseeing the nation’s first human spaceflight, first human orbital flight and first spacewalk. He was a senior manager and planner during the Apollo program. After the Apollo program he directed Johnson Space Center for a decade and oversaw development of the space shuttle. Mission Control at Johnson Space Center is named after him.

In short, Kraft is a legend, and therefore not afraid to speak his mind.

Last week I visited Kraft at his home for a long talk about the state of NASA, the agency for which he has devoted his life. He’s deeply troubled about NASA’s future. Among the topics we discuss:

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