Has any spacecraft ever been flown manually to orbit?
Has anyone ever manually flown a spacecraft to orbit, Kerbal Space Program-style?
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Has anyone ever manually flown a spacecraft to orbit, Kerbal Space Program-style?
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Has anyone ever manually flown a spacecraft to orbit, Kerbal Space Program-style?
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Has anyone ever manually flown a spacecraft to orbit, Kerbal Space Program-style?
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I have never heard of such a thing, at least on the US side. I'm pretty sure it would be legendary had it ever happened. The Apollo astronauts had that option on the Saturn V. Gene Cernan once said: "You almost wish you hadda guidance failure at liftoff. Because I knew I could've flown that big Saturn V into orbit goddamn near as good as the computer."1
what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
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I have never heard of such a thing, at least on the US side. I'm pretty sure it would be legendary had it ever happened. The Apollo astronauts had that option on the Saturn V. Gene Cernan once said: "You almost wish you hadda guidance failure at liftoff. Because I knew I could've flown that big Saturn V into orbit goddamn near as good as the computer."1
what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
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I have never heard of such a thing, at least on the US side. I'm pretty sure it would be legendary had it ever happened. The Apollo astronauts had that option on the Saturn V. Gene Cernan once said: "You almost wish you hadda guidance failure at liftoff. Because I knew I could've flown that big Saturn V into orbit goddamn near as good as the computer."1
what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
– uhoh
37 mins ago
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I have never heard of such a thing, at least on the US side. I'm pretty sure it would be legendary had it ever happened. The Apollo astronauts had that option on the Saturn V. Gene Cernan once said: "You almost wish you hadda guidance failure at liftoff. Because I knew I could've flown that big Saturn V into orbit goddamn near as good as the computer."1
I have never heard of such a thing, at least on the US side. I'm pretty sure it would be legendary had it ever happened. The Apollo astronauts had that option on the Saturn V. Gene Cernan once said: "You almost wish you hadda guidance failure at liftoff. Because I knew I could've flown that big Saturn V into orbit goddamn near as good as the computer."1
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what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
– uhoh
37 mins ago
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what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
– uhoh
37 mins ago
what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
– uhoh
37 mins ago
what about Matt Damon and Val Kilmer? oh wait...
– uhoh
37 mins ago
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