I'm with you 100%. The shuttle was incredible. My animus toward Musk aside, this is particularly lame in comparison.
The first question I had when I saw the live stream was: Wait, this thing is all touchscreen? I'm scared I won't be able to adjust the A/C in my car if the touchscreen fails. I'm not trying to dock with another object at 17,000 MPH.
The touch screen aspect was part of the reason I asked if the general public would benefit from the development.
First the coding requirements to be able to run that- which was covered in a reply. And then the electronics requirements. One thing to note- automotive requirements are much more stringent than normal tablets- so the step from a car to the space ship may not be that much more- just different testing.
Really, I see no reason why SpaceX would not start with a Model S center console- it should be tested to more vibration and wider environmental ranges than a normal tablet or screen. And for sure it's more protected for EM since it's surrounded by batteries and coils.
That's turning out to be a tricky design. Reading one article tells that the previous 4 failed pressure tests, while this was the 5th test on this system. Hopefully, there's enough remains to figure out the problem.
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