The culture at NASA traditionally was to allow the occupants of any craft to have complete control over everything[1], even though it was technically possible t

The culture at NASA traditionally was to allow the occupants of any craft to have complete control over everything[1], even though it was technically possible to pilot entire missions remotely (as many unmanned missions over the years have proven). I'm assuming SpaceX doesn't have such a culture. [1] Digital Apollo is a very interesting book on the subject: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/digital-apollo https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/digital-apollo