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The Director of Apollo 13 was very divergent in his thinking as he opened the lines of communication up to anyone and all who had an idea or solution. The Director is very direct on his initiatives and states ” Failure isn’t an option.” The NASA Culture very much supports divergent thought which is what lead to the solution of figuring out a way to move the astronauts into a smaller capsule on the rocket to save energy and oxygen so they could make it home.