I like the way that this is put up to chance as if the flip of a coin could have turned a close call into a disaster. In fact I think it is a tribute to all those people who worked tirelessly to make the program a success. They didn't catch every contingency, no one could, but they caught a lot of them. When the unexpected did turned up, they worked the problem and brought things back under control.


I think that the attitude of Gene Kranz:

Chris Kraft: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever faced.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.

Is the reason that there were so few of the close calls turned into disasters.