The guy in the filmstrip specifically said they were forbidden to have a computer program enter the numbers for them.
Which make's Sail's point even more pertinent. It goes against all handling-dangerous-stuff protocol. Think of all the back-up equipment that went into NASA space craft, even back in Apollo.
Now, this is the kind of backstory I like to see.
Hurley enters the promised land.
Oh, man. Don't know why I didn't see that coming. Good job on "their" part.
I did not see that coming.
Saw it coming. Her questions were too pointed.
It just seems so OOC for Hurley to go into the Evil Number Hatch.
Can't do WHAT alone? Push a damn button? Either push it or don't!
Maybe I'm missing the point.
That is the dumbest thing ever.
Or what Zenkitty said.