I think it would be much less like a mouse and keyboard and much more like an airplane cockpit in that case. Specialized purposes.
The usefulness of a button, switch, knob, what have you that does one thing that you can find by muscle memory without even looking is not to be understated. Not just anyone is going to be piloting a starship. It's going to be someone with years of training, so approachability of the UI is going to be much less important than muscle memory in that case.
I think it would be much less like a mouse and keyboard and much more like an airplane cockpit in that case. Specialized purposes.
The usefulness of a button, switch, knob, what have you that does one thing that you can find by muscle memory without even looking is not to be understated. Not just anyone is going to be piloting a starship. It's going to be someone with years of training, so approachability of the UI is going to be much less important than muscle memory in that case.