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<p>[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 3618046, member: 28299"]RIP Chris Kraft. Without him it would have been a far different looking program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post a coin from 1924.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969453[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969454[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(As per collectSPACE)...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., NASA's original flight director who invented the concept of Mission Control, has died. He was 95.</p><p>The following biography was prepared by NASA prior to his death:</p><p><br /></p><p>Christopher C. "Chris" Kraft, Jr. (b. 1924) created the concept, and developed the organization, operational procedures, and culture of NASA's Mission Control, which was a critical element of the success of the nation's manned spaceflight programs.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072319a-chris-kraft-flight-director-obituary.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072319a-chris-kraft-flight-director-obituary.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072319a-chris-kraft-flight-director-obituary.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited - copyright</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 3618046, member: 28299"]RIP Chris Kraft. Without him it would have been a far different looking program. Post a coin from 1924. [ATTACH=full]969453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]969454[/ATTACH] (As per collectSPACE)... Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., NASA's original flight director who invented the concept of Mission Control, has died. He was 95. The following biography was prepared by NASA prior to his death: Christopher C. "Chris" Kraft, Jr. (b. 1924) created the concept, and developed the organization, operational procedures, and culture of NASA's Mission Control, which was a critical element of the success of the nation's manned spaceflight programs. [URL]http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072319a-chris-kraft-flight-director-obituary.html[/URL] [COLOR=#ff4d4d]edited - copyright[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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