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Originally Posted by bmcgowan13
Videos like this break down a complex subject.
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It’s quite apparent that many of the negative comments here are by people who didn’t bother to watch the video because their minds were closed.
They don’t get that many things are already automated. Cars already have computers that control many functions. Elevators not longer require a person to control their motion, which was very unpopular at first.
The SpaceX Dragon crew capsule is fully automated. The Space Shuttle Orbiter had an automatic flight control system that was designed over 50 years ago. The pilots didn’t like it at all and generally avoided using it.
On the first approach and landing test of the Enterprise orbiter in 1977, the pilot got into a pilot-induced oscillation because every time he tried to correct the roll he was just a little late and each oscillation was bigger than the last. The copilot told the pilot to take his hands off the stick and the ship leveled out and landed perfectly.
Do people really think they are better drivers than an astronaut who was one of the best pilots to ever fly? I think not!