>Hence why the shuttle pilots trained extremely rigorously. But even this was kind of a manufactured necessity. Landing was deliberately not done with computer

>Hence why the shuttle pilots trained extremely rigorously. But even this was kind of a manufactured necessity. Landing was deliberately not done with computer control. Buran was able to autoland back in the 80s and everything else on the Shuttle can be done all under computer control but lowering the landing gear, deploying the drag chute, and landing were all intentionally "off limits" for computer control.