if all goes according to plan, columbia, this nation s first space shuttle, will fly like a skylark next march. if the shuttle program works the way it s designed to, it will be a technological feat marveling that of the trip to the moon. the space shuttle had new systems, new technology. the primary thing is the fly by wire system. you don t have pulleys and cables, it s all done by electronics. all the commands go through a computer. built as the world s first reusable spaceship, one that would commute to space carrying scientists and satellites. the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it s the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet.
computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it s the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet. first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, it s big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness firsthand the first space shuttle launch.
if all goes according to plan, columbia, this nation s first space shuttle will fly like a skylark next march. if the shuttle program works the way it s designed to, it will be a technological feat marveling that of the trip to the moon. the space shuttle had new systems, new technology. fly by wire system. you don t have pulleys and cables, all done by electronics, all the commands go through a computer. built as the world s first reusable spaceship, carrying satellites and scientists. the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it s the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet.
if all goes according to plan, columbia, this nation s first space shuttle will fly like a skylark next march. if the shuttle program works the way it s designed to, it will be a technological marvel like that of the moon. a space shuttle. new systems, new technology. fly by wire system. you don t have pulleys and cables, all done by electronics, all by commands coming through a computer. built as the world s first reusable spaceship, carrying satellites and scientists. the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it s the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet.
if all goes according to plan, columbia, this nation s first space shuttle will fly like a skylark next march. if the shuttle program works the way it s designed to, it will be a technological marvel like that of the moon. a space shuttle. new systems, new technology. fly by wire system. you don t have pulleys and cables, all done by electronics, all by commands coming through a computer. built as the world s first reusable spaceship, carrying satellites and scientists. the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it s the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet.