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Originally Posted by MattB_77
Amazing to see the level of control on the booster as it descended towards the tower. Curious to know whether it was under manual remote control or some sort of autopilot AI control?
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As far as I know Starship is similar to Falcon 9 , both are autonomous and are pre programmed before flight. Although I assume flight controllers have an override capability to abort if the internal abort mode fails.
Starship is an extremely complex machine but it’s still pre programmed. When astronauts eventually ride this monster in a couple of years no one knows yet as to the level of protocol of machine / pilot interaction and operation.
It may be similar to Dragon but Starship is a different beast with different capabilities for interplanetary missions.
Time will tell ……