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They should just leave the simulator as-is and accept that it cannot be restored together with all the mission control infrastructure. Keep it as a museum artef

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Or just throw flat panels at the current simulator, hook it up and let people take a ride for money. While it's a imperfect preservation from a historical standpoint giving a lot of people the opportunity to experience it would help preserve it for the future. Museums often struggle with this. Some historically interesting piece of whatever languishes and then eventually gets chucked whereas something that's more completely unremarkable and low value and common enough to let people actually interact with it winds up being the star of their collection.
  • bredren 5y ago
    It would be really cool if there was a replica shuttle and mission control simulator using modern techniques and software. But then it would also offer an arcade style version that the general public could just flip switches to try out. I’m guessing the general public would not be able to follow the sequences needed to make the original approachable or fun. I proposed a interactive art piece for Burning Man that offered this “follow the sequence by flipping switches and hitting buttons” game. But then the pandemic hit became one of the worst ideas possible. Here’s the concept video I put together: https://youtu.be/HpekTizfdf8 https://youtu.be/HpekTizfdf8