content: Actually, a 10 year old could land it - if all goes well.  I worked on the training simulators, and flew it many times.  Landing is easy, actually kind of inevetible.  It does drop very fast (compared to everything in MS flight simulator), but after a few practice runs, anyone could do it.  Except for that big "if": if all goes well. It was said Young could land a battleship in a bathtub, and I believe it. He routinely landed the sim on the "X" at Edwards; I mean the front wheels, which are beneath, below and out of sight.  See the landing videos of STS 1,2 or 3.  The guy was amazing.