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Christopher Kraft, NASA’s Face and Voice of Mission Control, Dies at 95
- kayfox 7y agoGodspeed, Christopher Kraft, you left our tiny marble a better place than when you came. We will ever strive to meet you dedication to the cause of exploration for all mankind.
- djbelieny 7y agoI did not expect the news of the death of Mr. Kraft to hit me as hard as it did, I never met him personally but somehow I felt very connected to him and his history when I read the book "Failure is not an option". Go with God Mr. Kraft, you have left such a tremendous legacy I don't even think we can thank you enough.
- dblohm7 7y ago"Failure is not an option" is Gene Kranz's book.
- djbelieny 7y agoI know but it tells a lot of the histor and stories about his interaction with Chris Kraft. In reality the history of both men and of the space program as we know it is very intertwined. Gene was like the "Hand of the King" to Chris.
- djbelieny 7y agoFunny how I knew I would get the "that's Gene's book" comment as soon as posted it ;)
- rmason 7y agoChristopher Kraft and Gene Kranz were the two people that I associated with mission control growing up. I don't think I missed a launch until well into the Space Shuttle program. By then they became almost routine. Even then I didn't pass up a chance to see lift off. As I detailed on here once before I sat with a client and we watched the Challenger disaster together.
- jbverschoor 7y ago2 days after the anniversary. To me it seems like he either was done and just let himself go, or got too emotional for his body to handle.
- GoofballJones 7y agoThis is sad to hear. I just started re-watching “From the Earth to the Moon”, which I haven’t seen since it first came out...but HBO finally made an HD version. Mr. Kraft was portrayed as a no-nonsense, pragmatic administrator and engineer.