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"Heh, looks like you guys have flown this shuttle quite a bit?"

"Yes, BOSS, this one has flown 16 times, and the one inside has flown twice. We guarantee they are very safe."

Following Werner's mechanical finger, Tang Chao indeed noticed the difference between the two shuttles.

They were currently inside the spacecraft hangar, with two shuttles parked one behind the other on the left, and a space shuttle under maintenance on the right.

The three spacecraft filled the hangar, which was why they needed to expand the space center.

Of the two shuttles, the one closer to them had flown more than a dozen times, but it still looked very clean, although its cleanliness was different from the one behind it.

It was like the difference between a three-year-old but well-maintained plane and a brand-new plane that had only flown once; the feeling of "clean" was different.

The current situation was indeed similar. The one in front had flown more than a dozen times, while the one behind had only flown twice.

This time, Tang Chao took the initiative to ask, "Have there been any accidents during the trials?"

"Hehe, BOSS, you guessed right. Actually, you can tell from the serial number of this spacecraft," Werner said with a grin, scratching his buzz-cut head with his mechanical hand.

"Serial number?"

Hearing this, Tang Chao walked to the side to look at the serial number of the spacecraft, and soon saw the number "02" on the side of the nose. The "03" on the one behind was also clear.

"…"

He was speechless.

Why was there no "01"?

It must have crashed.

Soon, Werner confirmed his thoughts. The "01" verification aircraft did crash, and not during the initial test flight, but during the sixth test flight.

It successfully entered space that time, but crashed when returning from outside the atmosphere.

For some unknown reason, the spacecraft suddenly rolled over, and then it disintegrated.

If it had been before, Tang Chao would have been alarmed, but now, he was as calm as a little green man.

No, the little green men were even more awesome than him. While remaining calm, they might also feel a bit excited.

Anyway, Werner seemed quite happy when he said this.

The fragments of the spacecraft were scattered over a large area, but fortunately, the little green man was fine and successfully landed with a parachute.

After the "01" verification aircraft disintegrated, they built the "02" test aircraft. This test aircraft was amazing. Apart from a few minor problems at the beginning, it never had any accidents again, and it flew more than a dozen times, going through all the modifications and improvements.

The "03" behind it was the first mass-produced aircraft. So far, it had only flown twice, once without a load, and once with a little green man pilot plus a machine substitute wearing a spacesuit.

But this was probably the last one, because this type of aircraft was designed and manufactured according to Earth's specifications, and it was not suitable for the little green men of Planet Kan, even if they were all wearing big mechs.

After looking at the exterior, Werner led Tang Chao into the cabin.

The last time Tang Chao came, he happened to catch the manufacturing of the "01" engineering prototype. It hadn't been built yet at that time, and it was at most equivalent to a rough house… a bare house, while the current mass-produced aircraft was equivalent to a fully furnished house.

Due to the shuttle's waverider special structure, there was a considerable amount of space in the cabin and on both sides of the aircraft, which was filled with equipment, so it was impossible to install cabin doors and portholes, so the cabin doors and portholes were installed above the aircraft.

Through a small skywalk, they reached the cabin door, and then entered the shuttle interior by stepping on a ladder.

Thanks to the science fiction movies that Tang Chao brought over, and because he participated in the cabin design, the feeling of the entire cabin was very much in line with human aesthetics.

The cabin used a large area of white, making the overall look very simple and bright.

Tang Chao didn't let the little green men install too many luxury items. Since it was a mass-produced aircraft, a very simple design was used.

But simple does not mean crude. The combination of a large amount of white, a small amount of black, and lines, plus the large viewing window on the top of the cabin and the stylish seats, gave people a feeling of riding a science fiction spacecraft.

Just like the spacecraft in science fiction movies.

No, for Earth, this was a "science fiction spacecraft."

The cabin was very large, even with four seats installed. The seats were all independent, and they could also be laid flat to free up more space.

There were two large screens on the front wall of the cabin, and there were also screens behind the front two seats. They had all the functions of a tablet computer and could also conduct video calls with the ground separately.

There was also wifi in the cabin, and you could do these things with your own mobile phone.

The launch vouchers that Tang Chao got in the second transaction were used to do these things. When his satellites went into space, these could be realized.

In fact, he didn't get much money in each transaction. Most of it was exchanged for services, policies, resources, and other things, many of which could not be bought with money, or were very troublesome.

There were cameras installed on the outside of the shuttle, and passengers could use this large screen to see those scenes, which in a sense, was equivalent to a porthole.

However, many people think that the pictures displayed by electronic devices don't have the same feel. They have to see it with their own eyes, especially when they are in space and still looking through the screen, which is too boring.

So there was a viewing window on the top of the cabin, and passengers would definitely gather next to it to see the beautiful scenery of space.

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After looking at the cabin, he went to look at the cockpit. Since the cockpit was at the very front of the shuttle, a visible porthole could still be installed.

There were many fewer physical buttons in the cockpit, but there were still dozens, and the others were replaced by large screens.

The reason for removing a large number of buttons was because the degree of automation of this shuttle was very high, and it could even fly normally without astronauts, but the shuttle still retained the cockpit, and there would be pilots to fly it during commercial operation.

After all, it was used to transport tourists into space, and these tourists were just ordinary people, not professional astronauts.

Professional astronauts can entrust their lives to "tin cans", but ordinary people can't. People don't even have a high acceptance of unmanned cars, let alone something that goes to space.

There is still a chance of survival in a car accident on the road, and you can even sit on the side of the road and curse, but if there is an accident in space, it is really hard to say.

Whether you can live or not is one thing, but the feeling of being helpless, without any sense of up or down, and even unstoppable rotation, the feeling of being surrounded by huge fear is enough to scare the average person to death.

If there is a pilot in the cockpit, even if the shuttle is not controlled by the pilot, the feeling is completely different.

"The cost of training a professional astronaut is higher than my net worth, let alone a few tickets. If they can come up, it means the aircraft is very safe."

Most people would think so.

Not to mention ordinary people, even Tang Chao would think so, but he still believes in scientific data. If the data can prove that it is safe, he has no problem.

Like now.

Listening to Werner's introduction and looking at the various experimental data, he now had a feeling of eagerness to try.

The largest expansion diameter of the Twin Star Gate is only ten meters. A shuttle with a wingspan of 20 meters can definitely not be transported to Earth. Since there is no opportunity to enter space on Earth yet, can he try it here on Planet Kan?

He had rejected the previous Planet Kan tin can "spacecraft" and the Planet Kan replica space shuttle because those things were not for ordinary people to ride, but now, various data show that the shuttle is very safe and very suitable for ordinary people to ride, making it impossible for him not to be tempted.

Werner clearly saw Tang Chao's intention, so he suggested, "BOSS, why don't you… try it?"

Thinking is one thing, being asked is another, so he hesitated a bit, "Is it appropriate?"

"It's appropriate," Werner nodded, "I know what BOSS is worried about. If you want to ride, we will thoroughly inspect both aircraft."

"After the inspection is no problem, you put on that powered spacesuit and ride the No. 3 aircraft, and then the No. 2 aircraft will accompany you. If there is any accident, you can get rescued immediately."

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