Reply #31: You said...

[Ripley]

the pilot was male, the mission commander was female. And, like a good commander, she probably let her people do what they were best at.

And when you were informed that Collins actually landed the shuttle, not the male pilot, you came up with this:

actually, the most dangerous part of landing is the s-curves to bleed speed early on, that's where a .5 degree mistake kills everyone. The last five minutes is gliding.

Are you an astronaut who has flown in a shuttle? Because I heard a real astronaut report what she did as a Commander to land this bird, and he didn't mention anywhere that she was just letting the guy do his job. She is the fucking Commander. Get over it.