The life story of Sy Liebergot, former NASA flight controller, provides an insider's view of Mission Control.
Sy Liebergot is a senior project engineer of the astronaut neutral buoyancy trainers for the International Space Station, and an ISS senior configuration management analyst for Bastion technologies. He was the lead EECOM flight controller for Apollo missions 12–15 and a key decision maker when Apollo 13's oxygen tank exploded. He has advised and contributed to several books concerning Apollo 13 including the major motion picture, Apollo 13.