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Regarding remote-controlled part. Do you think author stresses the differences and really mean that full automation vs. remote control? It's usually convenient
by avmich 12y ago
Regarding remote-controlled part. Do you think author stresses the differences and really mean that full automation vs. remote control? It's usually convenient to rely on some support from Earth for complex missions - doesn't make sense to make spacecraft fully autonomous - and I haven't heard Orion designers explicitly mentioning that self-sufficient approach.
- chton 12y agoI do believe so. 'Full automation' has been mentioned related to Orion as early as 2010 (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/21boeing/ http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/21boeing/ : "Boeing's spacecraft design could accommodate missions with any number of crew members, even fully automated unmanned flights. "). Regular remote control would not be as interesting or noteworthy, ofcourse.