Boeing had already accumulated years of experience in aircraft manufacturing, and also designed the space shuttle and a space station for NASA. For the first time it used virtual reality technology to conduct simulated tests on a design that had been entered into the computer.
波音公司累積長期飛機製造技術，並移植波音實驗室專為太空總署設計太空梭、太空站的經驗，首度嘗試將設計圖輸入電腦，以虛擬實境技術進行試驗的流程。