It may take major balls to get into a Mercury capsule, but I don’t recommend anyone over 5’9” trying. Mini-me still fits, but he’s 10.
I’ve been in all three trainers: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. It was only Apollo where I felt comfortable, but even that is like being squished in the middle seat on a 757…
I’ve worked the Gateway program, I’m fine with getting the coffee cup and the mission patches and coins, I don’t feel the need to go ride on it. On Sep 16, 2021, at 6:40 AM, Anthony Bauco <tbauco [at] gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, that is true and it is why it takes a special person to be willing to take that risk. The first time I saw a Mercury capsule up close I was amazed. It takes some major balls to be shot into space in that corrugated tin can!
Ultimately, a couple of things are true. First, we all die and our lives are but a snap of the fingers, cosmically speaking. Second, control is an illusion. How much control does a pilot really have at Mach 2? You are just as much at the mercy of the engineers that designed the machine as these people are. The emergency abort on Dragon is probably safer than ejecting at Mach 2. Remember, this is the team that figured out how to land a rocket on a floating helicopter pad in the ocean. Infallible? No. But pretty damn good!
The Crew Dragon and the Cargo Dragon avionics are very similar. Crew Dragon does offer limited ability to override some automated functions via a touch screen with what they call "Manual Interfaces"... but nothing like real reaction controls... Behnkin and Douglas did test these Manual Interfaces. But this crew is pure civilian. Should they get into a Gemini 8 type situation and they have no pilot controls and no Armstrong... They're screwed.
Automation is a wonderful thing. When it works. All those lines of code are written by people and we are fallible.
You can only correct what you know, not what you don't. At 17,000+ MPH things go wrong quickly. Call a Mayday... no one is coming.
I believe they can take control if desired. The first crew tested manual control.
Agreed.
Also, no longer under crew control. What was it the original 7 fought for.... control otherwise, they were just "Spam in a Can"
No way There is no backup in space no alternate either! Clyde Romero
If you have no enemies You have no character !
Scars are tattoos with better stories! ![]() When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!
Was watching the civilian SpaceX launch and was wondering if Clyde would go if possible. What say you Clyde? You could be the pilot.
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