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by krisoft
817 days ago
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I guess with modern googles one would just pack an "ipad" equivalent tablet. If one worries about accidents and freak space particles disabling it give them 3. If one still worries one can develop a "space rated" tablet. But probably at those radiation levels one should also start worrying about the crew's health. But of course that is projecting our current capabilities back in time. I looked it up and the "Osborne 1" portable computer[1] was just released 9 days before the shuttle's first flight. It weighed 24.5 lb (11.1 kg) and could display 52 x 24 characters on a small CRT. So yeah, that would not be nice to read manuals with :D 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1 |
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My earlier point about payload weight was probably the wrong focus. Mission success and maximizing what the crew can accomplish in orbit are greatly facilitated by one way text from ground control, and doubtlessly paid for the 60 pounds
Astronauts were already used to Telex weather reports as pilots so existing UX. And the crew specialists all had PhDs and thus were experts at reading typed paper. So no training on yet another shuttle subsystem.
The teletype could be effectively shared between crew - just tear off the paper. A portable computer could only be used by one or two people, AND would need to be radiation hardened and aerospace qualified.