gumol t1_j9w3xnz wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:50 PM

Reply to comment by SnakesInYerPants in why should the heigh of astronaut matter 🤔 by Ok-Medium-1853

> You know how you still need a licence and to be physically capable of driving when in a self driving vehicle because they can still fail and need you to step in?

every single person onboard of a self driving car has to have a driving license? That's not even true for regular, non self driving cars.

Space Shuttle only had 2 seats for pilots. Rest of the crew were passengers.

Dragon will be able to carry up to 7 people to orbit. They can't all be flying the spacecraft.

bullett2434 t1_j9wc1kz wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:50 AM

Probably best practice for all aboard being able to assist in the event of an emergency though

SnakesInYerPants t1_j9w4lxi wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:55 PM

On earth, if the driver of your self driving bus gets too sick to operate the vehicle or gets hurt in an accident or dies, there are 100s if not 1000s of people who can readily replace them.

On Dragon, if something happens to 1 or both of the designated pilots, there are only 5 people who could replace them.