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Originally Posted by Aliantha
I have two questions.
1. Who was the designated driver?
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At least in the old days (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo), the computer on the ground was driving, for the most part. Rocket go up, rocket come down, that's about it.
The astronauts were only capable of a bit of attitude adjustment in orbit ... the real driving was pretty much confined to things like landing the LM.
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2. What are they going to crash into up there anyway?
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Perhaps this explains a lot more about Gus Grissom losing that Mercury Capsule?