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Shock:
The Space Shuttle is 70s tech rolled out into the 80s for specific tasks. It's not like they said hey lets make this complicated as we can, back then everything needed a button, switch or knob. 135 missions according to NASA.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: Shock on May 31, 2020, 01:06:24 am ---The Space Shuttle is 70s tech rolled out into the 80s for specific tasks. It's not like they said hey lets make this complicated as we can, back then everything needed a button, switch or knob. 135 missions according to NASA.

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It wasn't just a product of its age. It was as much a political vehicle as it was a functional one and it shows.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/07/06/193194/was-the-space-shuttle-a-mistake/

hendorog:

--- Quote from: nctnico on May 31, 2020, 12:56:58 am ---
--- Quote from: rdl on May 31, 2020, 12:43:19 am ---I read somewhere that the concept for the look of the suits was done by a Hollywood costume designer.

Starliner has a much more traditional interior design than the Dragon but both are intended to be flown completely automated, so the controls are somewhat redundant anyway.

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Found an article on the controls:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/30/21275753/nasa-spacex-astronauts-fly-crew-dragon-touchscreen-controls

I'm still puzzled on how they are going to operate those touch screens in high-G (emergency) situations. Fighter jets typically have force sensor sticks for which you don't need to lift or move your arm at all.

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I was thinking the same thing. It's such an obvious problem with touchscreens that they must have mitigated it somehow.

eti:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on May 31, 2020, 12:38:27 am ---
--- Quote from: eti on May 31, 2020, 12:15:45 am ---It's silly, but then, society is brainwashed because everyone's convinced themselves that touch screens HAVE to be on EVERYTHING, and because they're everywhere else too...  :palm: :palm:

I can hear this fictional narrator in my head, saying "But this is the science fiction we'd dreamed of YEARS ago, and we hoped one day it would happen - we've MADE it happen, it HAS to happen, and everything HAS to be touch screen because it was our dream" kinda narrative - like it's SO forced and contrived - they HAVE to have touch screen EVERYTHING "just because..." and because some kids had a sci fi fantasy 50 years ago, then those kids grew up, and forced their fantasy to become reality "JUST BECAUSE"

People are idiots, didn't you realise?  ;D

It's likely because Mr Musk is on the scene, and has forced giant iPad-esque touch panels into Teslas... WHY? Who knows! Because it's ... "futuristic" and looks "kewl" - and along with idiotic gullwing doors that serve no purpose except to SCREEEAAAAAAM "FUTURE!!!! FUTURISTIC!!!"  I bet you the cognitive load with those Tesla touch panels is AWFUL! When you're driving a car, you want a PHYSICAL CONTROL - buttons don't freeze and crash, software does!

Ain't NO WAY, ever, these kiddy toy cars are "the foooootcha!" OR taking over anything, it's all a pipe dream from sci fi nerds and Tesla cheerleaders. NO WAY.

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Are you trying to single handedly prove people are idiots?  :-DD

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No, that would be a waste of energy and time; they do just fine proving it all on their own.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: eti on May 31, 2020, 02:15:52 am ---No, that would be a waste of energy and time; they do just fine proving it all on their own.

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Too late, you already did. ;)

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