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From: raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Space Shuttle Autolanding (was Re: USSR Microcomputers ...)
Message-ID: <1138@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 5 May 89 18:14:18 GMT
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In article <4366@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
>I think ours has the capability, but it's reserved for emergency use
>because of safety considerations. 

I think it is more to do with political than technological reasons
that they keep the man in the loop.  More or less, the shuttle is a
strange bird (i.e. brick) when it "flies" and it is really flown by
the machine even when the man is in the loop.


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Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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