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- sidewinderaim9x, on 06/04/2008, -1/+20The animals didn't "fly" the spacecraft.
- WatchDragon, on 06/04/2008, -1/+14But officer, i was only going 4000 mph,
- mopro, on 06/04/2008, -1/+12"i have piloted the shuttle into space... drunk... what have YOU done with your life"
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -1/+10He could be a commercial jet pilot.
- BossKey, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking."
- knowicki, on 06/04/2008, -1/+8Q: How many people does it take to fly a space shuttle?
A: One and a fifth - Brian48216, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7Anyone know what simulator they used? Really interested in trying this out...
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5The shuttle commander cannot control the ascent at all. How would he control the swiveling of 5 massive engines on a vehicle with negative stability with a single stick? If he flew 3 sheets to the wind, the shuttle wouldn't care. On return the commander only takes the stick in the last few minutes of flight. It is not even necessary then. It mostly has to to with the pilot vanity Tom Wolff wrote about in The Right Stuff. I have always thought that NASA should fly some unmanned missions before the vehicles were retired.
- teddyrux, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5It's hilarious that that's even a part of their initial argument.
- jeremyduffy, on 06/04/2008, -0/+4A space shuttle doesn't "fly" into space. I rides on a rocket. It's dealing with it up there and on the way down that becomes an issue.
- pebecker, on 06/04/2008, -0/+4The shuttle computers lack a discrete output for landing gear control. It is the only operation in the autoland capability that is not computer controlled. Therefore, an unmanned mission with a stock shuttle is not possible.
Later, a "kit" was developed consisting of a cable that stretches from the middeck to the flightdeck to allow even this possibility, but it must be installed. Without it, there is no automatic landing gear control. As I understand it, this "kit" is kept on the space station for use by a crew that believes the shuttle may not survive reentry due to damage. They install the cable and let Houston initiate undocking and landing. - BossKey, on 06/04/2008, -0/+4All of this is academic unless the drunk person can also LAND the Space Shuttle.
- laconix, on 06/04/2008, -0/+3Same, who writes an article that is basically a freaking ad for a shuttle simulator (and getting drunk whilst playing aforementioned simulator) and then does not mention the name of the simulator.
Program or it didn't happen? - ElbertF, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2I'll be impressed if a fruit fly returns the craft safely to earth.
- EnterDaMatrix, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Reminds me of my youthful days behind the joystick with Microsoft Space Simulator. Never drank though... I was like 6.
- TheSnuffster, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Must resist... temptation to use... internet meme...
- 1dog, on 06/04/2008, -1/+3Most Postal Letter Carriers can drive there Mail Truck's drunk. If you look at a Postal Mail Truck it does somewhat look like a space shuttle.
- ttam, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2The animal test rockets came down by parachute you moron.
- soinie, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1If a drunk person can run our country, a drunk person can fly the space shuttle although I don't think the drunk person running our country is capable of flying anything.
- duggdowncatisad, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Unlike a plane, you can just float around in orbit long enough to sober up.
- PhireN, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Takeoff is easy, try landing it.
- Haoie, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Takeoff isn't easy. It's probably the most dangerous time.
Many space disasters occur during or shortly after takeoff. - ndnspongebob, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1humans are animals too u know, dont leave us out!!!
- tushyd, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1I remember them saying in "In the Shadow of the Moon" that if the Apollo autopiloting system failed while launching that the pilot could take control. I'm not sure if that is in place in the Space Shuttle or not....
- simoncallesen, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1This reminded me of something I once read in 'Scott Adams - (Dilbert) The Joy of Work'. Quote:
"[...] For example, it sounds like it would be hard to drive the space shuttle. But do you think NASA would spend a bizillion dollars building a spacecraft and then make the mistake of giving it a stick shift? The shuttle probably flies itself. It goes up, flies in circles, it lands. They're not asking anyone to navigate through an asteroid field and bomb a Death Star. The pilots probably spend the entire time in the cockpit making rocket noises with their lips and trying to resist the temptation to touch buttons. I'll bet the shuttle pilots could trade places with the experimental gerbils in the back and you'd get the same mission results."
The article itself was okay, but reminding me of that passage alone makes it worth my digg. - starmanjones, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1>Can a Drunk Person Fly the Space Shuttle?
Huh?
Ok... i think an astronaut Pilot... could fly drunk. i think they train to fly in a host of impaired ways and bad situations.
BUT, i went back and googled and googled... i didn't find one accusation that a shuttle pilot was piloting drunk. not one. WTF?
as for the crew, climbing in that antiquated space craft that has repeatedly endured stresses that approach its maximum tolerances... laying there strapped in on top of an impending explosion that rivals a "nuclear blast... under control.'' courage from a bottle doesn't seem so strange. they are astronauts... mission specialists... scientists... not test pilots. really, WTF is the big deal. it might even be a good idea. they wear diapers people. - ASSASSYN360, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1This happened on an Air Force base that will not be named. A fighter pilot go out of his aircraft drunk and wearing cowboy boots. He landed, taxied and went through shut down without a hitch. How did he do it? He was sucking oxygen the whole time. When you drink the drunk feeling you feel IS the lack of oxygen to your brain. The pilot had a greater than abundant supply in a closed astmosphere. So he was able to funtion sufficiently while in operation of the aircraft.
- repairman2003, on 06/04/2008, -0/+0Anybody in DC want to go get Tang Cocktails with me?
- SunAlex, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0fly the shuttle?and why drunk person? sent someone really rowdy.
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http://search.ashtech.info/space - CrimsonBlur, on 06/04/2008, -0/+0The astronauts don't "fly" the space shuttle during liftoff either.
- Flytrap, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1Ah yes... of course the animals didn't fly the spacecraft...
However, the real question is: do the humans really "fly" the spacecraft or are they, like the dogs, monkeys, spiders and fruit flies, being flown into space? - MforMike, on 06/04/2008, -2/+2Its not like they steer it or something, they just sit and enjoy the ride. Its their skills that are useful once they reach their destination.
- regularsteven, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1send someone reallllly rowdy up
- gkiltz, on 06/04/2008, -0/+0It's all remote-controlled anyway!
Most aspects always have been! - inactive, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1Donnnt undereeeer eshhtteeeemaaate duuuuruuuunk.
- G5745, on 06/04/2008, -1/+0Let's send Britney and find out (just to be on a safe side).
- wreckosaurus, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1I fly better when I've had a few
- Cerebron, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1Reminds me of "The Right Stuff" in which the hotshot test pilots didn't like the space program's plan to do all of the 'flying' for them.
- SmokinWeed, on 06/04/2008, -1/+0I'm pretty sure I could fly at least 2 space shuttles while drunk, theres not a whole lot to crash into once you leave the surface of earth.
- retawd, on 06/04/2008, -4/+1We're going to the *****' moon we're going to the *****' moon!
Anybody remember Romp.com? Bill and Ted? Yeah, that was cool... - treeflappa, on 06/04/2008, -4/+1I can't even do a lap on Forza 2 after a few beers!
- ahalbert, on 06/04/2008, -5/+1please do not tell me my fellow diggers actually care......
- retawd, on 06/04/2008, -6/+1We're going to the *****' moon, we're going to the *****' moon!
Anybody remember Romp.com? Bill and Ted? Yeah, my super-secret weed finding name was Steve. - howzitgoin88, on 06/04/2008, -8/+2Maybe we wouldn't have some many DRUNKEN ASTRONAUTS if all these computers didn't have SPACE BARS
http://www.torsopants.com/store/product.php?produc ... - howzitgoin88, on 06/04/2008, -8/+2Maybe we wouldn't have some many DRUNKEN ASTRONAUTS if all these computers didn't have SPACE BARS
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