which was pretty awesome (it wasn't used for crew training, it's a popularization of what's involved in operating a Shuttle). It also takes you through a pretty substantial number of control switches and indicators, even while simplifying things.
I wonder if there's a way to compare the complexity of the body of knowledge that jet pilots have mastered (this explanation doesn't even go into aerodynamics or flying skills, or the purpose or physics of some of the systems it alludes to, or rules and procedures, or abbreviations or jargon) to what doctors know about bodies, pathology, diagnosis, and medical interventions.
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which was pretty awesome (it wasn't used for crew training, it's a popularization of what's involved in operating a Shuttle). It also takes you through a pretty substantial number of control switches and indicators, even while simplifying things.
I wonder if there's a way to compare the complexity of the body of knowledge that jet pilots have mastered (this explanation doesn't even go into aerodynamics or flying skills, or the purpose or physics of some of the systems it alludes to, or rules and procedures, or abbreviations or jargon) to what doctors know about bodies, pathology, diagnosis, and medical interventions.