Item #3: The HAL 9000 Computer
This is just me brainstorming here but, well, perhaps when one is navigating the far reaches
of the solar system, one does need to throw in a little elbow grease? By this I mean, say, on
occasion manually pressing some sort of button or pulling some lever. And, perhaps, these
buttons or levers may control some important things like...
1- Oxygen.
2- Airlocks.
3- What the-fuck ever makes you die in a little sleeping capsule/coffin when it is shut off.
If Windows (please don't sue) has taught us anything it's that computers can not be
trusted to work all the time. On occasion they suffer some sort of catastrophic failure and
ruin all the work you've been doing. Considering this principle, one can easily deduce that, at
some point in a several year long adventure through space, the computer is gonna get what
us in the know call "a little funky." And, "a little funky" really sucks if it's attached to your
heart.
Of course there is the human factor there like REMEMBERING YOUR SPACE HELMET.
This is just me brainstorming here but, well, perhaps when one is navigating the far reaches
of the solar system, one does need to throw in a little elbow grease? By this I mean, say, on
occasion manually pressing some sort of button or pulling some lever. And, perhaps, these
buttons or levers may control some important things like...
1- Oxygen.
2- Airlocks.
3- What the-fuck ever makes you die in a little sleeping capsule/coffin when it is shut off.
If Windows (please don't sue) has taught us anything it's that computers can not be
trusted to work all the time. On occasion they suffer some sort of catastrophic failure and
ruin all the work you've been doing. Considering this principle, one can easily deduce that, at
some point in a several year long adventure through space, the computer is gonna get what
us in the know call "a little funky." And, "a little funky" really sucks if it's attached to your
heart.
Of course there is the human factor there like REMEMBERING YOUR SPACE HELMET.
