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To: BenLurkin

I don’t think touchscreens would work terribly well given the amount of vibration in a launch, let alone wearing gloves. They probably don’t control anything during launch.


5 posted on 08/03/2018 1:55:32 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

My thought is that touchscreens are a single point of failure during trouble. At least buttons and switches have a fair amount of independent circuitry, you can repair or bypass independently.


13 posted on 08/03/2018 2:41:43 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Vince Ferrer

In Soyuz, the commander uses a stick to push the buttons.


16 posted on 08/03/2018 3:10:13 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Point at the Q Tards and Laugh!)
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