360° View of Shuttle Cockpit

[Taffycat]

This is an interesting view of the cockpit of Space Shuttle Discovery: http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

 

[BigJay]

I could fly that, looks easy enough!

 

[Taffycat]

I could fly that, looks easy enough!

Yeah... and if you notice, they also have a joystick for playing PC games! Lol

 

[itsme]

Where`s the starting handle

 

[captain zed]

buttons all over the place....hundreds of 'em.

 

[Quadophile]

Even a gadget freak would freak out with all those buttons, switches and displays! Phew!

Great find TC!

 

[Becky]

Wow that's really interesting to see. I wonder if they really know what all those buttons and switches do...

Did anyone else spot what looks like a blindfolded man lurking down one of the hatches?!

 

[EvanDavis]

All that technology and they go and ruin it by throwing in a Dell laptop.

 

[Ian]

Now that is pretty neat, although the chairs don't half look uncomfortable

All that technology and they go and ruin it by throwing in a Dell laptop.

I was thinking the same thing!

 

[crazylegs]

Looks just like my first pedal car cockpit!

 

[Quadophile]

I was also very surprised to see a Dell on the bench there and forgot to mention it. The Americans sometimes go backwards when it comes to technology. IBM was all about technology and Dell is all about Marketing.

However, the thing is NASA and all Govt organizations are to use American products as long as they can, if not they go for imported stuff.

For cameras its always been Hassalblad and Nikons as America does not have a camera manufacturer, sure Kodak is an American company but they make toys when it comes to cameras. For watches some of you may remember I posted an article about that on PC Review that Omega Speedmaster was the only watch that survived NASA tests, even Rolex did not make it. There was an American watch maker who was given several chances to come up with a watch for space travel but they could never deliver.

 

[muckshifter]

don't worry about them switches, until the buzzer goes off with the flashing red light ... the Dell is there to play solitaire

 

[Abarbarian]

Supper find TC