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You can try out the docking maneuvers in this official minigame: https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ Personally I found the lack of analog
by rkagerer 6y ago
You can try out the docking maneuvers in this official minigame: https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
Personally I found the lack of analog input control harrying toward the end. A toggle between "large" and "normal" thrust mode is all you get. Normal felt like it wasn't fine-grained enough.
- tenpies 6y agoIt's the Tesla approach, form > function.
- jm4 6y agoBS. Do you think for a second some Tesla engineer or Elon Musk himself could design the most important control panel on a spaceship to look pretty without the support of the people who have to use it? If the astronauts or NASA engineers weren’t ok with it, it wouldn’t be there.
- rkagerer 6y agoReading between the lines, I have a hunch the astronauts have mixed feelings about it ("this is certainly different") but ultimately accept it as adequate for the job. You are correct there were a lot of iterations involving the engineers and the pilots to arrive at the final result.