Orion Cockpit Design

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On a more positive note...stumbled across this on YouTube tonight...

Getting the sense that this is what Drexler, Okuda and company were aiming for in their work on the 2150's travel pod cockpit designs for Enterprise.

Trouble is, I worry that such design choices could backfire on the crews of Orion-type mission vehicles. One sufficiently nasty solar flare...? But surely, the designers of this real-'verse cockpit have already anticipated such things?

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As someone who actually makes cockpit instruments and panels for a living, I can agree completely that there would be massive weight savings.

The disadvantage is that you have to LOOK at the panel to touch a switch, taking your eyes off everything else.