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Re: reference manuals
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Originally Posted by nehalita
hmm i see pros and cons here.
I think back to Apollo 13 and how much information had to be recalled and couldn't be simply referenced to. In this situation, I'm glad the astronauts and people down on Earth behind the mission had the majority of their information at hand and not in a book somewhere.
But I have noticed that some jobs do have this convenience. I guess it depends on what your job is and how important spontaneity is.
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Don't forget the Apollo 11 mission (I think). It was the only mission where lighting struck the rocket and created a freakishly weird error message. Oddly enough they didn't have to abort because someone actually memorized that error message and knew which switch to throw to get the mission back on track. On the other hand, my one college professor told me that you are allowed to bring as many books as you can when you are taking your P.E license exam.
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