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Learn to Lead calls Apollo 13 a victory of creative thinking. What did the engineers have to do?

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  1. Follow a backup checklist already on the shelf
  2. Launch a second rocket with spare parts
  3. Improvise using only what the astronauts had aboard

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  1. Learn to Lead Volume 2, Chapter 5, Victories Through Creative Thinking (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Vol2LetterLowFinal_8BDFDB373E830.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.

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