They're dead easy to use. You cut the cable, poke the ends in all the way (no need to strip the insulation), and squeeze the button to snap them down and bite through the cable. ...
Photos of the month - November 2010
Following a visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, silicon.com featured a series of photo stories by reporter Nick Heath about the space agency's technology - including a look at the mock-up room where Nasa trains its astronauts.
Nasa uses the facility to teach astronauts how to navigate spacecraft, carry out emergency drills and to familiarise them with the structure of spacecraft to prepare them for carrying out maintenance work. As part of the training, astronauts learn how to access computers onboard the spacecraft in case they need to replace hardware.
Shown above is the dashboard inside the cockpit of the Space Shuttle mock-up in the facility.
To explore more pictures of Nasa's spacecraft mock-ups, see: Photos: Inside Nasa's Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
Caption by: silicon.com staff
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