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Harrison Schmidt, notwithstanding his title being Lunar Module Pilot, never piloted anything. He was a passenger who read some gauges aloud and flipped some swi
by wang_li 5y ago
Harrison Schmidt, notwithstanding his title being Lunar Module Pilot, never piloted anything. He was a passenger who read some gauges aloud and flipped some switches when instructed. We still call him an astronaut.
- throw0101a 5y agoFlight engineers simply read gauges and flipped switches, but were still considered part of an airplane's crew: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_engineer