[ae101]

i duno how many buttons are inside a space shuttle cockpit but maybe a 360 view can help us just a bit

Space Shuttle Discovery - 360VR Images (http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html)

[LsquareD]

"i wonder what this does...."

[mmmk]

I sure wouldn't want to trip and fall and accidentally button smash everything! haha

[tonyvu]

so fascinating....

[Jsunu]

When i first loaded: "shit thats a lot of buttons"

Started to look behind and above: "fuck even MORE BUTTONS"

[ae101]

so how many buttons are on a space shuttle cockpit anyone wanna count

[sonick]

They need some Recaros in there.

[ae101]

HEY SPACE MAN WHICH BUTTON IS FOR THE NOS & WHICH ONE IS TO MAKE THE VTEC KICK IN :fullofwin:

[hotjoint]

holy crap that's alot

[LSF22]

Holy!! and I thought a plane cockpit had too many....

[J____]

man... imagine the poor guy that has to wire all that.. my god.

or if for some reason in the future someone decides to restore an old space shuttle and have to re-wire the thing...

:fulloffuck:

[LP700-4]

man... imagine the poor guy that has to wire all that.. my god.

Probably got paid bajillions..........

[RRxtar]

sweet dell laptop

[Ruff Ryd@s]

1 wrong press of a button and...

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9vmuhiI4r1qc073co1_400.gif

[sonick]

1 wrong press of a button and...

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9vmuhiI4r1qc073co1_400.gif

lol this episode was the first thing I thought of after seeing that picture.

[124Y]

I wonder how intuitive the entire interface is. Thats a shit load of buttons and functions.

[Eff-1]

As impressive as that is, I can't believe how dated it looks. That's some old school technology in there.

[tiger_handheld]

soldered connections or 3m t-taps... :troll:

[Jegz]

cockpit prolly looks like a rave with all button lights on

[sonick]

soldered connections or 3m t-taps... :troll:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/doctree/87394.pdf

[CP.AR]

do you guys know that...

The computer that runs the space shuttle...

1.) has less than 1% of the power of a Xbox 360? (so... that's like less than 10% of your average smartphone on the market)

2.) Runs on 1MB of RAM

[StylinRed]

i imagine they wouldn't want to make it dependent on software/computers


I wonder how many of those switches/buttons they actually use on a flight



oh and its nice seeing that "CANADA" banner in the rear

[moody]

all those button and no window .. but i guess space is just black?

[AzNightmare]

No window to see where they are going. I guess they don't really need it anyway.
Probably got a camera outside.

[Supafly]

all those button and no window .. but i guess space is just black?



No window to see where they are going. I guess they don't really need it anyway.
Probably got a camera outside.

uuuuhhhh you guys are aware that the shuttle does have windows right?.....

[nosaj]

When i first loaded: "shit thats a lot of buttons"

Started to look behind and above: "fuck even MORE BUTTONS"

wait till you look up and see whats on the ceiling :troll:

:fuuuuu:

[LP700-4]

^

Sorry but
When i first loaded: "shit thats a lot of buttons"

Started to look behind and above: "fuck even MORE BUTTONS"

[Stealthy]

So which one is the one to go VTEC?

[vafanculo]

anybody else just want to grab the joysticks and pretend to start firing missiles at aliens

[belka]

So many switches and buttons considering the thing practically flys itself.

[bigG]

...And I wanted to be an Astronaut when I was a kid.

:fuckthatshit:

[The_AK]

anyone else wondering how that camera is able to take a 360 shot (including the top AND bottom) - floating in mid air?

[SolidPenguin]

all those button and no window .. but i guess space is just black?

theres two windows in the back, two above those. and the 4 front ones are covered in those blue cover things.

[seakrait]

As impressive as that is, I can't believe how dated it looks. That's some old school technology in there.

do you guys know that...

The computer that runs the space shuttle...

1.) has less than 1% of the power of a Xbox 360? (so... that's like less than 10% of your average smartphone on the market)

2.) Runs on 1MB of RAM

pretty good considering that they started thinking about this in the late '60's with the shuttle being designed in the '70's.

back then, computers were the size of fridges.

just think what NASA has in the works now considering how far technology has progressed in the past four decades.

edit: then again, the USA's budget crisis might put NASA on the backburner....

[nosaj]

pretty good considering that they started thinking about this in the late '60's with the shuttle being designed in the '70's.

back then, computers were the size of fridges.

just think what NASA has in the works now considering how far technology has progressed in the past four decades.

edit: then again, the USA's budget crisis might put NASA on the backburner....

Agreed n your first sentence. Also, they would be limited to available energy when they are out in the space. Yes I know they can do solar power...but REMEMBER, they are in space...not at home.

So of course function > design

if they can run their things with 1MB of ram, then why would they over kill it with 2MB?

^

Sorry but

fuuu....my bad...damn tired last night and reading fail :/

[FerrariEnzo]

I sure wouldn't want to trip and fall and accidentally button smash everything! haha

How would u trip and fall in zero gravity??

[Gumby]

Holy crap, after looking around for a bit, I couldn't find my way back to the seat. Totally got dizzy...

[GabAlmighty]

all those button and no window .. but i guess space is just black?

No window to see where they are going. I guess they don't really need it anyway.
Probably got a camera outside.
IFR Bitch
So many switches and buttons considering the thing practically flys itself.

Autopilot ftl...

[yarachi]

oops wrong post

[yarachi]

uuuuhhhh you guys are aware that the shuttle does have windows right?.....\

yea I think they do~~

the windows are multiple paned and are made up of aluminum silicate glass or something