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Shoutout, by the way. we think of, you know, the astronaut training corps, years, and years and years of preparation. these are four space tourists, how much real work will they be accomplishing? >> so they went through six months of training so that they can, if they need to, minorly fly the spacecraft, that is make someadjustments, make some tweaks to it. the idea is this is all automated, controlled from california, hawthorn, california, that you can get on this spacecraft, this is the goal i...

Nearly fly the space crafts. that is make some adjustments, make some tweaks to. it the idea is that this is all automated. controlled from california, offered california. that you can get on the spacecraft. this is the goal of the future. you can go up into orbit, higher, deeper than the international space station. come back three days later. without touching a button. that is the goal. the goal is to open it up so that people with no space training conduit. they can just get on and get. all i...

>> reporter: were flying on a flight simulator in hayward, california. >> were coming in at 137 knots this is what their view out the window would have looked like that thoday on the 777. at a certain point here the pilot disconnects the auto pilot this is common because it allows the crew to continue to maintain proficiency in flying the airport as opposeed to auto pilot operations. >> reporter: but it can be done. you can land without doing anything? >> if you wanted to, this airplane would la...