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A comment on Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orbit, jeopardizing test. Parent comment

Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by Ididntdothis on Friday December 20, 2019 @10:39AM (#21844922)
I thought the space shuttle was the same. They took wind measurements before launch and the ascent was hard coded based on that data.
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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by unreal37 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:46PM (#21845901)
The Space Shuttle was always hand flown, not automated.
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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by Ididntdothis on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:50PM (#21845947)
Launch was automated. Landing was manual but not for technical reasons.
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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by lokedhs on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:09PM (#21847395)
Didn't they do one automated landing? I seem to remember reading that.
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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by Ididntdothis on Friday December 20, 2019 @07:32PM (#21848675)
They could do it but the pilots wanted something to do so they got to fly manually. The Russians did unmanned launch and landing with their space shuttle Buran.
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