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The shuttle does an autoland approach and touches down manually.

There's no such thing as an "autoland approach." You can automate the
approach, but if the automation doesn't take you to touchdown, it's not an
autoland.

The whole point is, contrary to MX's claim, not EVERY approach that
starts as "autoland" (however you want to define it) ends with the
A/C on the ground for EVERY airplane.

The point is that you're reaching, like so many others here. It's so
important to you to contradict me that you become careless.

This can be dangerous for pilots, as they may feel so determined to prove that
they are right that they'll kill themselves in the process. And it applies in
other domains, such as driving, too.