The computer does fly most of the approach, however control is usually given to the astronauts once the shuttle has slowed below supersonic speeds (shortly before flying the heading alignment cone, I believe) and the entire approach and landing sequence is usually flown manually, the computer does however supply guidance to the commander to keep him on the glide path. Flying the landing by hand is entirely feasible, what isn't feasible is flying the landing by hand without some kind of guidance from the computer, as the glidepath, descent rate, and speed that the shuttle is flying makes it virtually impossible to manage energy properly to arrive over the end of the runway with proper speed/altitude.
What if a tile falls off the shuttle and hits the ISS?
No big deal, the closing speed between the shuttle and the ISS is only a few feet per second, so it would just bounce off, if that tile has enough speed to damage anything then there are bigger problems to worry about...like what happens when the shuttle slams into the ISS.
...copy and transport the data in this post in any way you could possibly think of, the only restriction being that if you think of a really cool way to do it that you tell me.
In all seriousness (kind of) the replies were great, im really glad someone is taking a major stand against the **AA.
I noticed this about the time i hit back... and it didn't do anything, so i hit it again... same story, i then opened the history and went to my original search, microsoft, and scrolled down till i found a site showing alternatives to microsoft products.
... the funniest part of this all is that i just finished cursing the chart creator after spending ~ an hour trying to get a chart to have something intelligent on the x axis. I got so frustrated that i took a break and decided to check/. for anything new. Instead of a treasure hunt a easily useable chart creation interface would be nice. Like maybe one that doesn't want my x axis values to by the titles. If I could just manually assign the values along the axis...
I had the same problem with my PS2 I just have to disassemble it every so often and blow off the lens. When you get it open it is immediately apparent why the lens gets so dirty in the first place. The sony ppl were too cheap to put the DVD in its own box so it gets dust on it all the time.
I absolutely agree with the quoted portion, and it is incredibly frustrating from the students perspective, and i even attended a private school. Thank God i didn't go to a public school... But as for the price of education, i agree as well, my little school on a shoe-string budget with a lot of minority and low-income students beat the pants off of all the school districts around in the state testing.
probably, but then what would be the public involvement in that? Plus if everyone does it then they dont have to pay someone to write software to find it.
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The computer does fly most of the approach, however control is usually given to the astronauts once the shuttle has slowed below supersonic speeds (shortly before flying the heading alignment cone, I believe) and the entire approach and landing sequence is usually flown manually, the computer does however supply guidance to the commander to keep him on the glide path. Flying the landing by hand is entirely feasible, what isn't feasible is flying the landing by hand without some kind of guidance from the computer, as the glidepath, descent rate, and speed that the shuttle is flying makes it virtually impossible to manage energy properly to arrive over the end of the runway with proper speed/altitude.
No big deal, the closing speed between the shuttle and the ISS is only a few feet per second, so it would just bounce off, if that tile has enough speed to damage anything then there are bigger problems to worry about...like what happens when the shuttle slams into the ISS.
Depends on the plane, airliners are compressed but a lot of other planes aren't, especially small general aviation aircraft.
They're calling this new technology "fire feedback", it allows you to feel in detail what its like to be, for example on the surface of Venus.
...copy and transport the data in this post in any way you could possibly think of, the only restriction being that if you think of a really cool way to do it that you tell me. In all seriousness (kind of) the replies were great, im really glad someone is taking a major stand against the **AA.
I noticed this about the time i hit back ... and it didn't do anything, so i hit it again ... same story, i then opened the history and went to my original search, microsoft, and scrolled down till i found a site showing alternatives to microsoft products.
... the funniest part of this all is that i just finished cursing the chart creator after spending ~ an hour trying to get a chart to have something intelligent on the x axis. I got so frustrated that i took a break and decided to check /. for anything new. Instead of a treasure hunt a easily useable chart creation interface would be nice. Like maybe one that doesn't want my x axis values to by the titles. If I could just manually assign the values along the axis...
I had the same problem with my PS2 I just have to disassemble it every so often and blow off the lens. When you get it open it is immediately apparent why the lens gets so dirty in the first place. The sony ppl were too cheap to put the DVD in its own box so it gets dust on it all the time.
I absolutely agree with the quoted portion, and it is incredibly frustrating from the students perspective, and i even attended a private school. Thank God i didn't go to a public school... But as for the price of education, i agree as well, my little school on a shoe-string budget with a lot of minority and low-income students beat the pants off of all the school districts around in the state testing.
So that's why my cross-country coach always told us to drink plenty of water...
Maybe the iMacs were brickified because they succesfully booted windows :)
probably, but then what would be the public involvement in that? Plus if everyone does it then they dont have to pay someone to write software to find it.