Comments on: Three Space Shuttle flight decks (photos) http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536522 Donald Petersen Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536522 After this weekend, we'll see just how far <i>Endeavour</i> gets in LA traffic with no turn signal!  Oh, wait... After this weekend, we’ll see just how far Endeavour gets in LA traffic with no turn signal!  Oh, wait…

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536521 Donald Petersen Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536521 I still have my copy!  It was great to think that had I managed to stow away and some inflight emergency (tainted Tang?) had felled the crew, I could limp the old bird home myself. A few years later I began to realize that I may have oversimplified the concept in my head.  But to this day, I can still run the orbiter's crapper, I bet. I still have my copy!  It was great to think that had I managed to stow away and some inflight emergency (tainted Tang?) had felled the crew, I could limp the old bird home myself.
A few years later I began to realize that I may have oversimplified the concept in my head.  But to this day, I can still run the orbiter’s crapper, I bet.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536400 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536400 We went from having a shuttle program to having temples where we can worship the shuttles' mummies. We went from having a shuttle program to having temples where we can worship the shuttles’ mummies.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536347 Felton / Moderator Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536347 And they're <a href="http://youtu.be/OeLnS8O08ng" rel="nofollow">blinking and beeping and flashing</a>!!! And they’re blinking and beeping and flashing!!!

]]> By: Roger Wallace http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536304 Roger Wallace Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536304 That's all nice, but where the hell is the left-hand turn signal? That’s all nice, but where the hell is the left-hand turn signal?

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536288 Culturedropout Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536288 Gorgeous, wonderful machines.  Beautiful images, but heartbreaking, knowing they will never again carry out their intended purpose of soaring through the heavens, but will instead rest in bits and pieces to be poked at by sweaty tourists.  :-( Gorgeous, wonderful machines.  Beautiful images, but heartbreaking, knowing they will never again carry out their intended purpose of soaring through the heavens, but will instead rest in bits and pieces to be poked at by sweaty tourists.  :-(

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536289 Nash Rambler Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536289 Look at that; someone left the cruise control set at 17,450 mph. Look at that; someone left the cruise control set at 17,450 mph.

]]> By: TimRowledge http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536254 TimRowledge Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536254 Training. Followed by training; with some training added later. Plus, of course, some training. Training. Followed by training; with some training added later. Plus, of course, some training.

]]> By: ookluh http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536246 ookluh Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536246 Looking at this , I am amazed that no shuttle accidents were caused by human error.  Has anyone counted the number of switches and buttons? It just boggles the mind. Today I accidentally put both feet on the brake as I was going for the clutch.  The right stuff: I ain't got it. Looking at this , I am amazed that no shuttle accidents were caused by human error.  Has anyone counted the number of switches and buttons? It just boggles the mind.

Today I accidentally put both feet on the brake as I was going for the clutch.  The right stuff: I ain’t got it.

]]> By: nowimnothing http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536232 nowimnothing Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536232 With this one you can zoom in enough to read the labels: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120416-nasa-space-shuttle-discovery-smithsonian-360-tour-panorama-science/  With this one you can zoom in enough to read the labels:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120416-nasa-space-shuttle-discovery-smithsonian-360-tour-panorama-science/ 

]]> By: Jasmine Antonick http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536217 Jasmine Antonick Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536217 Beautiful. The only thing that would make it better would be if the digital images were interactive, allowing you to hover over the flight deck's screens and buttons to learn what they each were.  Beautiful. The only thing that would make it better would be if the digital images were interactive, allowing you to hover over the flight deck’s screens and buttons to learn what they each were. 

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536208 Ian Wood Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536208 I had the <i>Space Shuttle Operator's Manual</i> in the 80s, with fold-outs of all the panels as they were before the installation of the glass cockpits. Sooo manyyy swiitchesss...buttonses...grrgle... I had the Space Shuttle Operator’s Manual in the 80s, with fold-outs of all the panels as they were before the installation of the glass cockpits. Sooo manyyy swiitchesss…buttonses…grrgle…

]]> By: Matt Popke http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536192 Matt Popke Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536192 Kind of a bad advertisement for Yahoo! that the only thing you can see is an error message with their branding all over it, instead of the site they're presumably supposed to be hosting. Kind of a bad advertisement for Yahoo! that the only thing you can see is an error message with their branding all over it, instead of the site they’re presumably supposed to be hosting.

]]> By: TheMadLibrarian http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/three-space-shuttle-flight-dec.html#comment-1536187 TheMadLibrarian Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182047#comment-1536187 Nuts, it looks like Mr. Cooper's site has been Boinged.  I hope it's only temporary. Nuts, it looks like Mr. Cooper’s site has been Boinged.  I hope it’s only temporary.

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