The Shuttle could not be landed by autopilot until far into the 2000s. Astronauts insisted that there had to be <i>something</i> only humans could do. It wasn&#x27;t until 2006 that <i>one</i> Shuttle was finally modified for full autopilot control: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;STS-3xx#Remote_Control_Orbiter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;STS-3xx#Remote_Control_Orbiter</a>