Re: Shuttle proves being superb manned spacecraft

On Nov 28, 9:32 am, "Jeff Findley" <jeff.find...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


And don't forget that sticking a man in the loop increases the overall
reliability of the craft itself. Look at how many times a Soyuz crew has
performed a manual docking. In many ways, people are a backup for automated
systems that can, and do, fail.


Actually the opposite. It reduces reliability and introduces more
failure modes with the additional systems. Failures in the life
support systems and anything else related to crew now can end a
mission.


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