SpaceX NASA returning human spaceflight to United States today (canceled)

Post by gowld » Wed, May 27, 2020, 6:52 PM UTC

kitsunesoba wrote: post #39

mrtksn wrote: post #36

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These things don't have to be mutually exclusive. Unless you create an AI to build paperclips, of course.

In fact, if they are mutually exclusive it’d be indicative of incredible mismanagement. There are enough people for us to be able to do both, and nobody benefits from reallocating rocket scientists to things that aren’t rocket science.

Post by sidcool » Wed, May 27, 2020, 6:53 PM UTC

Post by khuey » Wed, May 27, 2020, 6:53 PM UTC

sidcool wrote: post #203

Why is this called Demo-2?

Post by james_pm » Wed, May 27, 2020, 6:55 PM UTC

Post by dahfizz » Wed, May 27, 2020, 6:57 PM UTC

jackyinger wrote: post #56

rcurry wrote: post #49

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This. Maybe I'm just ignorant about the reliability of the screens that they're using, but those sure scream single point of failure to me.

I agree and would add that we’ve gotten very used to touchscreens on our very multi-purposed phones and tablets. Navigation is a fairly fixed function. I doubt these astronauts are going to installing new apps on their way to orbit... Interestingly offshore sailboat racers (IMOCA 60 class for instance) prefer keyboards and thumb ball mice. They’re not pulling g’s, but they experience some pretty extreme motion from w…