"I think one of the things that showed the people of the world was that even if there is a great catastrophe, good leadership and teamwork, initiative and perseverance - these things make for getting an almost certain catastrophe into a successful recovery."


- Jim Lovell, NASA-astronaut and commander of Apollo 13


Source: Rincon, Paul. Apollo 1: From Disaster to triumph. BBC online. Available from URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8613766.stm [Downloaded 11.01.10].