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From: silber@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: HOTOL
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 17:14:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 17:14:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!silber    Feb 27 16:14:00 1986



I haven't really been keeping up with the development of HOTOL, so this may
be an inane question, but was there any discussion/possibility of it being
a human-piloted craft?  It seems to me that if they allow humans as 'cargo',
it should be possible to include a flight-deck module, at least for manned
flights.  On the otherhand, this may not be really necessary.  I saw on
PBS recently that the new generation of jet-liners are capable of flying
themselves under normal conditions including take-off and landing, and that
the crews spend most of their time checking the instruments and occasionally
dealing with unforseen circumstances.