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On EBay: Shuttle Flight Deck Simulator
An anonymous reader writes: "Just to pass time before taking the real trip.
shuttle flight deck simulator" Not a real nasa simulator, but a very impressive operating replica. The construction details are quite interesting too.
Now terrorists can buy it so that they can train to hijack the shuttle.
"This one-of-a-kind simulator is almost exactly like the simulators the NASA astronauts train on"
So it's a simulated simulator?
The headphones. But they're really good headphones.
The simulator is not included.
You will, however, get an almost new copy of Microsoft Space Shuttle Simulator. If you agree to pay the $350 shipping, he'll include the nifty joystick.
Want to train for the 150-mile high club?
"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it" -- Winston Churchill
ya but I dont care about landing or taking off.... just flying it. although the time limit might help some.
Want really lame? Try operating the "simulator" you just drew on the chalkboard.
Lack of creativity is no excuse for not having a
Ride, Sally, Ride.
fledgling Chinese space program
Haven't the Chinese had rockets for several centuries? What's the friggin' holdup over there?
Maybe Lance Bass from N'Sync can afford this, since he doesnt seem to be able to pay his bill to the Russians on time... He can sit in the chair and make rocket noises...
I think there was some water damage on a few of those panels... are we sure that these weren't retrieved from a Florida beach and cleaned up a little?
"It was a good way for me to fucked up school..."?
With grammar and spelling like that, you probably should have gone to class more.
If you think that's impressive, you must shoot a load in your pants every time you turn your computer on and surf le internet.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Well, dude, in the Western world if something tastes like crap we put tomato ketchup on it and eat it anyway. Just look in any large restaurant chain and you'll see what I mean.
M0571y H@rml355.
If you bothered to read (or even look at the pictures), you'd see that MOST of the switches turn on lights.
Kewl! And with my trekkie uniform (The Old Star Trek) I could pretend to be one of the switch-turning and knob-shifting extras aboard the Enterprise who gets killed in the first few minutes...
WARNING: Smartphones have side effects--most of them undocumented.