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Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia (1835/1845), as imagined by Eugène Delacroix.. Pythia was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi.There are more than 500 supposed oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi.
The three best known maxims – "Know thyself", "Nothing in excess", and "Give a pledge and trouble is at hand" – were prominently located at the entrance to the temple, and were traditionally said to have been authored by the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, or even by Apollo. In fact, they are more likely to have simply been popular proverbs.
The book received positive reviews. National Space Society review writes that "As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the Moon within the next decade ... this book acts as a reminder about what is required to achieve epic results", [4] while Kirkus Reviews calls the book "a fresh, enthusiastic history of the moon mission".
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
Failure is not an option is the tag line of the 1995 film Apollo 13. It is spoken in the film by Ed Harris, who portrayed Gene Kranz, and said [2] [3] We've never lost an American in space; we're sure as hell not going to lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.
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It was used instead of the only existing real images from the TV monitor, which the editors seemingly felt were too grainy for their book. The book publishers did not work for NASA, although the authors were retired NASA astronauts. 11. There appear to be "hot spots" in some photos which look as though a large spotlight was used in place of the ...