[theFIRMbss]

>The ghost of Feynman surely looks down upon us this day.

" There is not enough room in the memory of the main line computers for all the programs of ascent, descent, and payload programs in flight, so the memory is loaded about four time from tapes, by the astronauts." [!?]

[IncPen]

>> " There is not enough room in the memory of the main line computers for all the programs of ascent, descent, and payload programs in flight, so the memory is loaded about four time from tapes, by the astronauts." [!?]<<

Remember, he's talking about 1986.

I've read elsewhere that improvements in the shuttle over the years have improved the systems dramatically

[Quix]

I agree--given the technology easily available, this is ridiculous.