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Originally Posted by Hellsfury
So... what is the difference between an astronaut and a tourist...
If you're just a passenger, are you expected to know everything an astronaut would normally have to know? Like how to fly a spacecraft? Or are you just human cargo?
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There's not a whole lot (if anything) they would have to know. They'd have to know emergency procedures, the basics, etc. But this craft will essentially fly itself. You're going to have the liftoff, which is all computer. Few orbits around the earth, maybe a refuel, also automated. Then you have the transfer burn, automated. And then gravity takes care of the rest all the way down to the landing, which is also.. automated. Ideally they wouldn't even have to throw a single switch. Maybe the toilet.