Another of Kraft’s precepts was not at all simple. According to Kranz, “Kraft always believed that once you accepted the risk of launch, once those engines ignited, you had bought a good portion of the risk associated with that mission. Once you got into orbit, what you wanted to do was exploit the environment you were in. It was really a philosophy of risk versus risk and risk versus gain which we debated many, many times.” For example, during the Gemini V mission, there was a risk of losing the fuel cells if the spacecraft remained in orbit. If Kraft brought the crew home, another crew would
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