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{{a|devil|}}{{quote|The Mercury astronauts had taken part in the development of their spacecraft, and insisted that manual control, and a window, be elements of its design. As a result, spacecraft movement and other functions could be controlled three ways: remotely from the ground when passing over a ground station, automatically guided by onboard instruments, or manually by the astronaut, who could replace or override the two other methods. Experience validated the astronauts’ insistence on manual controls. Without them, Gordon Cooper’s manual re-entry during the last flight would not have been possible. | {{a|devil| | ||
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}}{{quote|The Mercury astronauts had taken part in the development of their spacecraft, and insisted that manual control, and a window, be elements of its design. As a result, spacecraft movement and other functions could be controlled three ways: remotely from the ground when passing over a ground station, automatically guided by onboard instruments, or manually by the astronaut, who could replace or override the two other methods. Experience validated the astronauts’ insistence on manual controls. Without them, Gordon Cooper’s manual re-entry during the last flight would not have been possible. | |||
:—Wikipedia, ''Project Mercury''}} | :—Wikipedia, ''Project Mercury''}} | ||
The sense — as your monstrous Atlas rocket blasts you into a low orbit, briefly slipping the surly bonds of Earth and dancing in the skies on laughter-silvered wings — that you are not just a projectile, but have some ''control'' over your domain. Some ability to influence the flight path, make it better, to claim credit and justification on your return from the heavens. The original Mercury design gave the astronauts no control. Their agitation led to a fem and a window. It looked like a sop, but as Gordon Cooper would tell you, it did come in handy. | The sense — as your monstrous Atlas rocket blasts you into a low orbit, briefly slipping the surly bonds of Earth and dancing in the skies on laughter-silvered wings — that you are not just a projectile, but have some ''control'' over your domain. Some ability to influence the flight path, make it better, to claim credit and justification on your return from the heavens. The original Mercury design gave the astronauts no control. Their agitation led to a fem and a window. It looked like a sop, but as Gordon Cooper would tell you, it did come in handy. | ||