Landing on a Comet?

Dave70968 · Nov 12, 2014

I'd argue that a pilot in the lander could have. Remember, the astronauts were experienced test pilots, and Apollo 11 suffered multiple computer failures.

“The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.” --Wernher von Braun

Dave70968 · Nov 12, 2014

Dave70968 said:
I'd argue that a pilot in the lander could have. Remember, the astronauts were experienced test pilots, and Apollo 11 suffered multiple computer failures.

“The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.” --Wernher von Braun

I actually meant my original post in jest; I'm very proud of how far science and technology have advanced. Still, if we could keep the pilot alive long enough, I think Dr. von Braun was on to something.

gfercaks33 · Nov 13, 2014

Veggie meat if there was a pilot up there wouldn't he beable to see this in real time not on a 28 minute delay?

vvvvvvv · Nov 13, 2014

gfercaks33 said:
Veggie meat if there was a pilot up there wouldn't he beable to see this in real time not on a 28 minute delay?

Sure. But there's not a pilot there and we have no life support systems capable of taking a pilot that far, so the pilots for this mission had to work with a 56 minute action roundtrip and effective reaction time of 84 minutes.

Surveyor1653 · Nov 13, 2014

For a little more perspective, this is the equivalent of a target size equal to ~0.00002 MOA.

Shadowrider · Nov 13, 2014

You know NASA used to be able to do the cool stuff. Now all they do is tell muslim nations how good they are and rent Russian rockets.

grizzly97 · Nov 13, 2014

Surveyor1653 said:
For a little more perspective, this is the equivalent of a target size equal to ~0.00002 MOA.

pure awesomeness!!!

promiseofwar · Nov 13, 2014

Surveyor1653 said:
For a little more perspective, this is the equivalent of a target size equal to ~0.00002 MOA.

Which gun and what bullet?

Surveyor1653 · Nov 13, 2014

Uhhh, these?

Though, they wouldn't have anything to do with the MOA calculation.

Traxxis · Nov 13, 2014

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