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	Amazon.ca: Flight: Books: Chris Kraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The blunt-speaking demeanor that made Kraft popular with the press is fully present in his memoir, in which he lets fly about various instances of his dissatisfaction with the performance of an astronaut, engineer, or contractor.
		Chris ensures that the world knows that it was "his" decision alone to kick Scott out of the space program.
		Chris Kraft is one of those brilliant rarities that can lead and design complex and difficult projects and has complete faith that the answer is just around the next corner.
	www.amazon.ca /Flight-Chris-Kraft/dp/0452283043 (2309 words)

	Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1962, Kraft had a series of conflicts and disagreements with astronaut Scott Carpenter which ultimately resulted in Carpenter being permanently grounded.
		Kraft personally hand-picked and trained an entire generation of NASA flight directors, including Gene Kranz.
		Kraft selected 2002 Ruffner Medal recipient by his alma mater
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Kraft (219 words)

	New America Foundation : article -14- "Space Cowboy" "Space Cowboy" -14- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In early 1945, 20-year-old Christopher Columbus Kraft, just graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in aeronautical engineering, was eager to do his part in the war effort.
		Kraft is an engineer, and it's understandable that he is better at describing how people make specific machines than at analyzing how polities make national decisions.
		As a young engineer armed with data, Kraft took his concerns about the safety of the F8U fighter to Glenn, a onetime Marine pilot in Korea who was then flying a desk.
	www.newamerica.net /index.cfm?pg=article&DocID=14 (727 words)

	Vows In The Vineyards \| February 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kraft’s initial reaction had nothing to do with the fact that his girlfriend was making wedding plans—he already had a proposal in the works.
		Chris and Stacey Kraft appreciated Gloria Ferrer’s versatility: They had planned to get married on the balcony, but the staff was prepared to move everything indoors in the event that it rained (it didn’t).
		Chris Kraft insists that you use the resources provided to you by the winery—he and his wife chose Forks and Fingers, a Novato-based caterer recommended by Gloria Ferrer, and “people are still raving about the sushi.” It must have been good—the Krafts got married almost two years ago.
	www.winemag.com /ISSUES/FEB02/WEDDING.HTM (2591 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Review: Good 'Flight' from NASA's Kraft - April 26, 2001
		Kraft was one of the 35 people assigned to the Space Task Group five weeks after NASA was founded.
		Kraft is as unflinching in his criticism of other NASA personnel as he is unstinting in his praise for most of the people involved in launching the space program.
		The personality of Chris Kraft -- the brusque, no-nonsense engineer who agonized over not spending enough time with his children and was moved to tears by the success of Apollo -- is deeply wedded to the story he has to tell.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/books/04/26/review.kraft (807 words)

	GIFTED EDUCATION NEWS-PAGE VOLUME 9, NUMBER 6
		He was trained by the original mission controller par excellence, Chris Kraft, the voice of the early days of the Mercury launches that led to the first successful U.S. manned space flight (1961) by Alan Shepard, and the first successful manned orbit of the Earth (1961) by a U.S. astronaut, John Glenn.
		The first assignment given to him by his boss, Chris Kraft, was to write the operating procedures for the Mercury flight controllers -- the engineers and technicians who supervised each step from lift-off to space orbit to reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, and the final splash-down.
		Chris Kraft cajoled and intimidated his engineers and rocket specialists into innovating an immediate solution to the dangerous problem of how to shut off the rocket engines.
	www.giftededpress.com /NPAUGUSTSEPT2000.htm (1646 words)

	Amazon.co.jp： Flight: My Life in Mision Control: 洋書: Christopher C. Kraft
		For Kraft, frightening moments were part of his job as director of Mission Control.
		As anyone who watched the televised broadcast of the landing might recall, the astronauts aboard Eagle were guided to their objective by a capable ground crew headed by Chris Kraft, whom his colleagues had long called "Flight".
		Kraft was unflappable on the surface, but, as he writes in this memoir, the Eagle's landing had moments of drama that gave him pause, and that few outside NASA knew about--including baleful alarms from the ship's on-board computer that warned of imminent disaster.
	www.amazon.co.jp /exec/obidos/ASIN/0452283043/geometrynet-22/ref=nosim (400 words)

	Flight: My Life In Mission Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kraft also headed the effort to build the sequencing of events in the launch countdown, which was necessary to bring about the safe liftoff of the complex rocket.
		In Kraft’s version of the story, Glenn adhered to Chance-Voight’s company line that the plane was fine, and only extensive testing data by Kraft’s team finally convinced Glenn to recommend changes.
		Kraft was so incensed by Carpenter’s lack of responsiveness during the mission, that he “swore an oath that Scott Carpenter would never again fly in space.” Whether or not Kraft was the one to make that decision, he was as good as his word.
	pages.prodigy.net /peipers/Flight.htm (1453 words)

	AM-Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Christopher Kraft was one of the first flight engineers to work for a new government agency called the National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- NASA.
		In his book, Chris Kraft describes his work from the minute a space flight began until the crew was safely back on Earth.
		Chris Kraft brought together the team of experts that controlled famous space flights, including all the landings on the moon.
	www.manythings.org /voa/01/010608am1_t.htm (330 words)

	BookkooB: Flight - Chris Kraft
		Kraft was unflappable on the surface, but, as he writes in this memoir, the Eagle's landing had moments of drama that gave him pause, and that few outside NASA knew about--including baleful alarms from the ship's on-board computer that warned of imminent disaster.
		For Kraft, frightening moments were part of his job as director of Mission Control.
		Chris Kraft captures the excitement of the early years in space; he brings to life the Houston and Kennedy space centers and all those who worked there.
	www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/0452283043.htm (806 words)

	"Flight" - A Review
		Chris Kraft was the man in charge, the quintessential flight director who literally invented spaceflight operations.
		Writing in a clear, matter-of-fact style, Kraft effectively conveys the excitement and drama of a time when everything was new and fraught with risk: Alan Shepard's first flight, the tragedy of the Apollo 1 fire, and the later triumphs of Apollo.
		Yet, as an engineer used to dealing directly with facts instead of political niceties, Kraft doesn't hesitate to speak his mind, whether about the less-than-heroic exploits of some astronauts, the meddlings of bureaucrats, or his ambivalent feelings regarding both the ego and wartime past of Wernher von Braun.
	home.earthlink.net /~exetermw/kraftreview.html (614 words)

	ScienceDaily Books : Flight My Life in Mission Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chris Kraft makes Scott out to be a dopey day dreamer behind the controls of the Mercury Capsule.
		Chris ensures that the world knows that it was "his" decision alone to kick Scott out of the space program.
		Chris should have been more fair and point out that Scotty was overloaded with "space experiments".
	www.sciencedaily.com /cgi-bin/apf4/amazon_products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=0452283043 (2317 words)

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		First Jerry Stark missed a short roquet in the quarter final and David Maugham lost his quarter final to Chris Clarke, then Toby Garisson missed his final rover hoop and Chris Clarke missed a short roquet enroute to his peg out in the final.
		Then Chris took his contact lift and ran a perfect break and leave which Fulford missed.
		Chris then completed his triple peel but had to jump his peeled partner ball after rover.
	www.croquet.com /sonoma.txt (525 words)

	Space Today Online - Book Review - Flight: My Life in Mission Control
		In this insider's memoir, NASA's first flight director, Chris Kraft, describes his personal journey from a small-town American boy to a space flight visionary in the agency's mission control center.
		From the famous astronauts of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions, to the race to space against the Soviet Union, Kraft takes the reader inside the the U.S. space program for a first-hand peek at America's breathtaking accomplishments, its calculated gambles, and the near disasters.
		Kraft's work is an extraordinary account of the early major accomplishments of the American space program.
	www.spacetoday.org /Teachers/BookReviews/FlightMissionControl.html (202 words)

	BookPage Nonfiction Review: Flight: My Life in Mission Control
		As one of the leaders of the army of pencil pushers that made the space program happen, Chris Kraft, the chief of flight operations for the moon launches who later became head of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, had a unique vantage point.
		Kraft does a good job of conveying the intricacies, personalities, excitement and frustration that characterized a career with the organization.
		Kraft also seems to savor the title bestowed on him -- "Flight." Sometimes a mark of respect is all that we desire, and Chris Kraft certainly deserves the respect of us all.
	www.bookpage.com /allencolibrary/0103bp/nonfiction/flight.html (401 words)

	Quirks & Quarks for May 26, 2001
		He was the one who made the final decision on whether a rocket would take off, what happened while the crew was in space and when they should come down.
		Kraft was at the key flight controller position for all the Mercury missions, and the first half of the Gemini program.
		Kraft's autobiography, "Flight: My life in Mission Control," was recently published by Dutton.
	www.cbc.ca /quirks/archives/00-01/may2601.htm (501 words)

	WEBstationONE: Resources for Developers
		I found Chris Kraft's book a vicarious adventure of the development of the manned space program.
		Kraft created the position of flight, and explains how he got to that position, and why he made his choices.
		Kraft was one of those men, and he tells it like he seen it from his view---very enlightening and refreshing.
	www.webstationone.com /bin/books.cgi?input_item=0525945717&input_search_type=AsinSearch&input_templates=1 (347 words)

	Tech Nation - with Dr. Moira Gunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chris Kraft speaks with Moira about his experience in NASA Space Flight Operations, which includes the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.
		Chris and Moira once and for all distinguish for us the difference between what's mobile and what's wireless.
		Kraft was at the nerve center during Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.
	www.technation.com /pages/programs2001.html (4625 words)

	NASA - NASA Honors America's First Flight Director Chris Kraft
		NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the astronauts and other key individuals who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs for realizing America's vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972.
		Kraft served as director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston from January 1972 to August 1982.
		The material for Kraft's award came from the samples brought back by the crew of Apollo 11, the first to land on the moon in 1969.
	www.nasa.gov /home/hqnews/2006/sep/HQ_M06148_kraft.html (380 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Flight My Life in Mission Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chris Kraft describes in great detail his career at NASA, its predecessor NACA and all the people involved in setting up mission control and getting America to the Moon.
		Sure the Mission Control team headed by Kraft was supported by a cast of thousands and many suppliers, but they (ultimately) had to manage the flights and make the decisions, and do the things that were required to make the operation a success.
		Kraft was one of those men, and he tells it like he seen it from his view---very enlightening & refreshing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452283043?v=glance (2021 words)

	Powells Books - Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Christopher Kraft
		In his New York Times bestseller, Chris Kraft delivers an unforgettable account of his life in Mission Control.
		The first NASA flight director, Kraft emerged from boyhood in small-town America to become a visionary who played an integral role in what would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
		Chris Kraft was the director of the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, from 1972 to 1982.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=4-0452283043-0 (318 words)

	reveries - chris hoyt - kraft's private-label lesson
		One of the key object lessons coming out of Kraft Foods' experience in 2003 is that Private Labels are now strong enough to affect the financial health and well being of even the most powerful of brand franchises.
		In fact, it is our belief that one of the biggest threats to national brands over the next five years is not the highly visible and therefore obvious competition from other national brands but strong retailer determination to grow private-labels, coupled with the fact that retailers are rapidly becoming marketers in their own right.
		Chris may be reached via his web site at www.hoytnet.com
	www.reveries.com /reverb/essays/outthere/hoyt20.html (1491 words)

	LivestockDeal.com - Featured Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Fort Morgan, Colo., dairy producer Chris Kraft used to spend an average of 10 hours per week, making phone calls and trying to locate and book the feed he needed for his 900-cow dairy.
		"Just the value of the time we save from Chris not having to be on the phone booking commodity feeds is more than enough to cover the small fee of 50 cents per cow per month that we pay Jim," says Mary Kraft.
		Without that valuable market information, Kraft says he would have bought distillers grains when prices were rising in hopes to avoid paying even higher prices for a longer period of time.
	www.farmershotline.com /LivestockDeal/newsroom/article71.htm (1564 words)

	Six Apart - Management
		Chris Alden, CEO and Chairman of Six Apart’s Board of Directors
		Chris has a rich history founding companies in the online media space.
		Scott Kraft is an award-winning expert in branding and marketing with over 20 years experience developing strategies and campaigns for leading brands such as Vodafone, Citigroup, Viacom, Nike, General Electric, NewsCorp, IAC, Microsoft, and SBC.
	www.sixapart.com /about/management (1721 words)

	[FPSPACE] Review of Chris Kraft's book
		DDAY ***************************************** http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42565-2001Feb22.html Space Cowboy 'Flight: My Life in Mission Control' by Chris Kraft Reviewed by James P. Pinkerton Sunday, February 25, 2001; Page BW08 FLIGHT My Life in Mission Control By Chris Kraft** Dutton.
		$25.95 In early 1945, 20-year-old Christopher Columbus Kraft, just graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in aeronautical engineering, was eager to do his part in the war effort.
		Instead, writes Kraft, "Glenn's goal was to cozy up to our top management and thus improve his chances of getting one of the early Mercury flights." Yet if Kraft had enemies, he also had friends -- lots of them.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2001-February/001639.html (829 words)

	The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Apollo 13 - 1995
		Based on the part played by the character in the rescue (e.g., his appearance at press conferences), I'd say that the man was Chris Kraft, deputy director of the Manned Spacecraft Center.
		Yes, Gene Kranz was ex-military and yes, Chris Kraft was his mentor.
		The men may have been on first name terms, but Kraft was still Kranz's mentor and his superior, and given the time and statement, I think the use of the word 'sir' was justified.
	www.nitpickers.com /movies/nitpick.cgi?np=14947 (349 words)

	Morten Korch til Fyn - dr.dk/Regioner/Fyn/Kultur
		Digterens fynske forkæmper, Chris Kraft-Chistensen, håber, at en fynsk kommune eller fynsk enkeltperson vil vise sig interesseret i at oprette et Koch Museum - og vil reagere hurtigt.
		Det har han arbejdet for siden 1997, hvor han overdrog en del effekter til Møntergården i Odense, forklarer Chris Kraft-Christensen.
		For på grund af flytning er der kun to uger til Morten Korchs ting ryger på auktion.
	www.dr.dk /Regioner/Fyn/Nyheder/Kultur/2006/11/05/061932.htm (264 words)

	Jason Kraft and Chris Kwak Join SIG
		Research Unit Continues to Experience Steady Growth BALA CYNWYD, Pa., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG), a leading institutional broker, source of equity research and liquidity provider, is pleased to announce that Jason Kraft* and Chris Kwak will be joining its sell-side research team, covering enterprise software companies.
		Kraft joins SIG from A.G. Edwards where he covered the enterprise software segment since 1998.
		Kraft received a degree in finance from the University of Oklahoma and will be based in St. Louis, MO. Prior to SIG, Mr.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-03-2004/0002187028&EDATE= (271 words)

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