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What I recall the answer is "maybe". Definitely, if we launch from the moon or an orbital facility. Big problem with it is keeping the spaceship in one piece in the face of that pesky "friction" thing, mostly due to air resistance.

Diabetics?

... then yeah, your understanding of vehicles is pretty terrible. S'also not entirely required for it to be a sophisticated one, I don't believe, it's just that, again, more advanced computers are significantly better at it. Which is the whole point of using them.

... it takes a computer to get the mechanics to do that. Unless you're talking manual vs automatic, in which case it's reached the point that, again, computers are just better at it. Also computers are still involved in making the manual cars work better these days, too! Boils down to strict machinery being incredibly limited and humans being not particular good at everything (which means that a specialized device, in this case a computer, will be able to do better).

Also the theft, also for remote diagnostic in some of the particularly newer ones, also for phone call convenience, also for various direction hookups (ala GPS dictation). Some of 'em are rigged to call help when they detect catastrophic failure, ferex. They do a bunch of stuff, and will do more in the future.

Both because it's better at all the car-y things besides that, and because being able to remotely shut down is occasionally useful. That's... really about it. Sophisticated computers are better at what they do, remote shut downs aren't a major issue and sometimes even helpful. It's not particularly complicated, heh. We wouldn't be doin' it if there wasn't a substantial advantage to make up for the (functionally negligible) risk.

Also, those were the words you say to make things clear, heh.

... also, that wasn't even remotely the reason GO started up the questions thread (which is over a hundred pages long at this point in default ppp, and far from just some splinter thread made for no reason), and I don't think most people actually think like that. Know I don't. The thread you were directed was made so people had a place to go ask questions that didn't belong in other threads. Like, uh. The one being proposed.

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