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From: isg7243@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (GEERTS, IS)
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Subject: Re: Shuttle computers break down during glide tests
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Date: 30 Apr 91 17:16:07 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.111139.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>, kent@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes...
>In article <1593@philtis.cft.philips.nl>, munk@cft.philips.nl (Harm Munk) writes:
>> Along the same tracks: during the landing of one of the later tests, the
>> shuttle made a rather bumpy landing. The commentator remarked that this
>> was caused by the inexperience of the pilot, but I recall reading
>> somewhere that is was caused by the computers being to busy with other
>> things that they could not constantly attend to the bussiness of landing
>> the ship, thereby inducing quite some roll. Is this true, or was the
>> commentator right ?
> 
>It was not caused by the computer being too busy.  It was most likely a pilot
>induced ocsolation.  The computers sample the input from the pilot X times a

I thought I read in R. Feynmans' book thatthe only thing the pilot did
during landing was press the button to lower the landing gear, and that
only to give the idea that humans were really in charge. Anyone know
for sure?
> 
>Mike Kent -  	Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC
>		2400 NASA Rd One, Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-3791
>		KENT@vf.jsc.nasa.gov

             -Indra