Re: Lame CEV windows

Henry Spencer wrote:
> In article <f19ec$435f938a$927a2ce9$8456@xxxxxxxx>,
> Jeff Findley <jeff.findley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >So I also agree that safety and tradition will likely lead to the CEV being
> >capable of both automated and manual docking.
>
> Well, in theory. Remember that the shuttle is capable of both automatic
> and manual landing, but in fact it has never made an automatic landing and
> probably never will.

True, but you don't land the shuttle for practice (well, maybe if you
are dropping it from the 747...)

Docking and undocking and docking again has been done for simple
testing purposes, right?

So I could see them letting the computers try it sometime to see if
they will work, with the fighter jock's finger on the disengage button.

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