Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bubblecar said:

What seems dated about the Orion capsule: it’s cable chaos in there. You’d think technology would have been able to circumvent all that vulnerable exposed wiring by now.

It’s only got to last 10 days. Keep it simple stupid is probably the order of the day.

OTOH these missions are supposed to partly be preparation for epic Mars expeditions.

And massed tangles of cables that the crew have to be familiar with and respectful of is not exactly “simple”.

I imagine there is also the necessity of easy access to important wiring in case they need to be accessed for repairs/malfunctions.