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I also wonder if there were other issues on-board that required their attention or otherwise diverted on-board brainpower. Not to mention they had a limited am
by oddevan 12y ago
I also wonder if there were other issues on-board that required their attention or otherwise diverted on-board brainpower.
Not to mention they had a limited amount of equipment on-board, so they basically had ONE CHANCE to get it right; no room for trial-and-error. There was a surplus of equipment on the ground, so they had more of a chance to make mistakes and get it right before directing the crew on-board.
So yes, they would have been able to figure it out if needed, but I think there are other reasons besides NASA's (infamous) bureaucracy.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y ago>so they basically had ONE CHANCE to get it right; no room for trial-and-error. That isn't necessarily so, but it is definitely prudent to optimize the use of their limited supplies. To be fair, I agree it's better that they had more people looking at the problem, and I agree that it was the right thing way to do it; but it isn't as though astronauts are chimps, or even that mere mortals are always unable to improvise non-standard solutions.
- johansch 12y agoAlso: humans perform intellectual tasks quite poorly when their brains are being oxygen-deprived.