Tag Archives: Apollo

Apollo: Remastered

Posted on September 5, 2022 by julianstodd

Like many, i was eagerly anticipating the launch of the new NASA SLS rocket over the weekend, the rocket that will eventually carry a new batch of astronauts to the moon (doubtless in glorious high definition), but alas, it was … Continue reading →

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Confusion, Cascades and Combinant Effects

Posted on April 6, 2022 by julianstodd

Whilst attributed to Gene Kranz, Mission Controller for Apollo, the quote ‘Failure is not an option’ was actually penned by the screenwriters of the 1995 Apollo 13 film. Kranz just liked it so much that he claimed it back for … Continue reading →

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10 Questions About Failure (And Whether It’s An Option)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by julianstodd

Gene Kranz, Mission Control chief for the Apollo moon landing, was famously attributed the quote ‘failure is not an option’. In reality, he never uttered those words (although he did borrow them for the title of his autobiography). The quote … Continue reading →

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Blast Off: ‘To the Moon and Back’ – Launching Today

Posted on December 13, 2019 by julianstodd

My new book is published today: ‘To the Moon and Back: Leadership Reflections from Apollo’ takes us on a journey through eight stories about the Apollo programme. It explores how we set foot on the moon, then gave it all … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Apollo

Posted on November 26, 2019 by julianstodd

The Apollo book will launch this Thursday at an event in London, then through Amazon around the world: i’m very excited, because setting a book free marks a chapter point, closing off one voyage, and creating the space for the … Continue reading →

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Centrefold

Posted on October 29, 2019 by julianstodd

Reviewing the final proofs for the Apollo book, i realised that i wanted to add in a double page spread, to break up two chapters. This image is of the flag being raised on the moon: a rather last minute … Continue reading →

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Blast Off

Posted on October 17, 2019 by julianstodd

I’ve just hit ‘send’ on the final manuscript for my next book: the final title is “To the Moon and Back: Leadership Reflections from Apollo”, and it forms the next in my series of Social Age Guidebooks. This final illustration … Continue reading →

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Illustrating Apollo #3

Posted on August 1, 2019 by julianstodd

This rather strange looking machine is the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle: it was used by the Apollo Crews to practice final approach to the moon. It had a set of jets that were permanently lit, which supported 80% of it’s … Continue reading →

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Leadership Reflections from Apollo: #WorkingOutLoud

Posted on July 30, 2019 by julianstodd

As well as the main chapters for the Guidebook, there are some shorter topics that will be covered in breakout boxes. Today i am sharing three of these as part of #WorkingOutLoud. Reflection: Orbit If you are a mathematician, or … Continue reading →

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Apollo Leadership Reflections: A Rough Path Leads To The Stars

Posted on July 29, 2019 by julianstodd

Three men died on January 27th, 1967. They suffocated in the Command Module of Apollo 1, not in the depths of space, or the surface of the moon, but on Launch Pad 34, at Cape Kennedy, Florida. They died not … Continue reading →

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