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I'm honestly really surprised at the choice of touch screens; traditionally, for safety reasons, launches of other spacecraft have involved crew in bulky pressu
by ubernostrum 12y ago
I'm honestly really surprised at the choice of touch screens; traditionally, for safety reasons, launches of other spacecraft have involved crew in bulky pressurized suits that A) don't feel like they fit those seats and B) probably aren't conducive to the use of touch controls.
I'd be incredibly surprised if they had a suit with the level of fine motor control in the fingers that touch would require, but I'd also be incredibly surprised to see crew at launch not in suits.
- valarauca1 12y agoJust adding a tiny bit of conductive material to the tips of the fingers would allow for touch screens to work. This is how touch screen capable gloves were first made, using bits of silver on the finger tips.
- phkahler 12y agoIf the cabin is pressurized why would they need suits? Did SpaceX ever say anything about this? Imagine the operational cost savings of not needing them for anything but space walks outside the station.
- kh_hk 12y agoPressurized (lightweight) suits during launch / landing offer an extra security in case something goes wrong (Soyux 11) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11#Death_of_crew http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11#Death_of_crew