# Cockpit Display Evolution

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654 "2016-05-02T00:13:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654/1 "2016-05-02T00:13:28Z")

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After a wonderful day of being in the sky I just had to share this.

[Spacecraft Dashboards](http://gizmodo.com/heres-how-spacecraft-dashboards-evolved-and-where-they-1773640540)? Gizmodo needs a new copy editor. 😛

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654/2 "2016-05-02T02:03:06Z")

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Interesting, thanks for the link.

I always kinda wondered about practical stuff, like what coordinate systems they use for position and orientation.

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654/3 "2016-05-02T20:06:12Z")

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Very interesting! I had always mistakenly assumed that the space shuttles were always old-school switches and dials, I never realized they were upgraded to glass-displays.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockpit-display-evolution/753654/4 "2016-05-03T19:15:18Z")

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I wonder how touch screen controls work when you are tumbling head over heels?  
I’m thinking of [Gemini 8.](http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/neil-armstrong-at-the-helm-120730.htm)