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Shuttle Cockpit
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Always thought the shuttle cockpit looked great. The fly by wire "sticks" are very, very similar to what we have. They even look the same underneath. The sheet metal box is nearly identical.
Our Gulfstream G600 cockpit:
Our Gulfstream G600 cockpit:
That’s the glass cockpit update. The original wasn’t steam dials, but had noticeable CRTs and switches. The overhead switch panel might not have changed.
RIP John Young.
They said at liftoff on Apollo 16, (which he commanded), his heart rate was only 74 BPM. Most other astronauts were in the 130 to 140 range at liftoff through staging.
They asked him about it and he said it wouldn't go any faster.
They said at liftoff on Apollo 16, (which he commanded), his heart rate was only 74 BPM. Most other astronauts were in the 130 to 140 range at liftoff through staging.
They asked him about it and he said it wouldn't go any faster.
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I can see why so many astronauts are PhDs, you need one just to fly the Shuttle! Seats don't look very comfortable though.
Looks pretty claustrophobic. Not a whole lot of glass to see out of.
Compare the latest seats to the ejection seats that Young and Crippen are sitting in for STS-1.
April 12th, 1981 ... 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin's First Man In Space flight.
John Young's first flight was Gemini 3, with Gus Grissom. Grissom had complained about the space food pre-flight, so Young smuggled a corned-beef sandwich onto the flight and offered it to Gus.
Young spoke here at the Convention Centre in January 1982. Some college buddies and I went to hear him. He commented on the temperature differential between Houston and Winnipeg (approximately 100°F).
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