As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.

I cycled on a crew assignment as the backup commander on Apollo 16 and would have flown Apollo 19 on a return mission to the moon. However, the last few missions of the Apollo Program were canceled for budgetary reasons. So I lost my second opportunity to land on the moon.

My biggest emotion on Apollo 13 after the oxygen tank explosion was disappointment that we had lost the landing.

Fred Haise Quotes