Learn to Lead calls Apollo 13 a victory of creative thinking. What did the engineers have to do?
Improvise a fix using only what the astronauts had aboard.
- Follow a backup checklist already on the shelf
- Launch a second rocket with spare parts
- Improvise using only what the astronauts had aboard ✔
Why: No written plan covered Apollo 13's problem. Engineers on the ground had to think creatively and build a solution from the raw materials the crew already had, and the crew made it home.
Huh, didn't know that: Learn to Lead's other victory example is D-Day, where sergeants and lieutenants improvised when the landing plan fell apart.
How do you throw a party in space? You planet.
References
Answer: Improvise using only what the astronauts had aboard. No written plan covered Apollo 13's problem. Engineers on the ground had to think creatively and build a solution from the raw materials the crew already had, and the crew made it home.
- Learn to Lead Volume 2, Chapter 5, Victories Through Creative Thinking (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Vol2LetterLowFinal_8BDFDB373E830.pdf
The engineers would have to improvise, to think creatively, to make use of only the raw materials available to the astronauts.
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