Hands-on approach
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This is the typical landing procedure aboard the Galactica. It is brought up by Apollo in the mini-series. The opposite of an hands-on approach is the utilization of an auto-landing system. Commander Adama has banned the use of the auto-landing system aboard the Galactica, probably because it involves networking computers. The system probably sends info from the Galactica to the ship that is trying to land and the autopilot would read that info and land the ship itself. The hands-on approach is completely manual though.