Super technology leader

Tang Chao had been stationed at the Pathfinder's Red Potato Island Space Launch Center for some time.

The company's virtual reality headset production line was still being assembled and debugged, so he didn't need to worry too much about it. Various experiments and official launches were also being arranged. Some of the company's astronauts had even signed confidentiality agreements and had already started using virtual reality headsets for training and testing. Once the Starry Sky Inn was in orbit, they would naturally follow up.

He had been to space many times, whether on Canstar or in virtual space, he had been there in various forms. However, he had never officially entered space from Earth, so he was very much looking forward to it.

Originally, the company's orbital shuttle technology was quite mature. The first two astronauts had flown at least 10 times, and they had all started to bring their own students to train other company astronauts.

When the company officially started commercial space tourism operations, Pathfinder Company would have at least a team of 15 professional astronauts.

In addition to astronauts, mission astronauts of various specialties were also being trained. The company also specially manufactured an orbital shuttle.

This training orbital shuttle only had two sections: the cockpit and a training cabin that connected the transition cabin and the passenger cabin. The training cabin had some training equipment that could allow 4 to 5 mission astronauts to train inside.

During training, this orbital shuttle would fly into space, and the trainees would carry out assembly, disassembly, maintenance, detection, control, planting, pollination, care, harvesting, cooking... uh, there was no training in this area in a real weightless environment.

This was still because there was no dedicated training space station module, so they could only use a small aircraft to carry it out.

But use it anyway. Anyway, owning an orbital shuttle allows you to do whatever you want. Flying many times will only cost as much as one manned spaceflight of other space agencies.

This kind of high-density, even normalized, manned spaceflight mission directly stunned other institutions with manned spaceflight capabilities.

Think about how long it takes for you to carry out a manned spaceflight mission, and then look at others. Times have changed!

Some countries with space agencies but without manned spaceflight capabilities have also set their sights on orbital shuttles. If they buy an orbital shuttle, wouldn't their country be among the international space club?

And it's a manned spaceflight club, a one-stop high-end club!

The only thing is that they can't boast about "independent manned spaceflight capabilities". It sounds a bit inferior to those countries with independent manned spaceflight capabilities.

Of course, if you are shameless, this "independent" can still be boasted about, like a certain country.

But it doesn't matter if you don't boast. Times have changed. It doesn't matter whose you use, and Pathfinder Company is not American. They have already said that they will sell to anyone without adding political kidnapping.

Now that aliens are coming, buy an orbital shuttle and modify it, no matter what it is modified into, it can always get a high-end position in the possible "Earth Allied Forces".

If they lose, everyone will be finished together, but if they win, this is a good thing to increase the proportion of contribution and voice.

The world rules have been fixed for decades, and it is now at a historical fork in the road. The world pattern may usher in sudden changes, so we should fight hard.

These institutions have found Pathfinder Company and want to buy orbital shuttles. Now, in addition to the orbital shuttles that the company needs for its own use, it has more than 12 external orders.

This is because some space agencies have been established, and the rocket research and development tasks have also been launched, but they have not received much attention in the country. The leaders of the space agency have to argue with the financial institutions, and then the financial and management departments have to look at the use of other institutions that have purchased related equipment before making a decision.

That is the so-called "wait and see party".

When something new appears, many situations are irrational. After a period of time, the popularity will pass, and the essence of the thing can be revealed. It is likely to be beneficial to make a decision at that time.

For example, in a certain graphics card upgrade event, the graphics card series rose by one level, but the price was reduced by half. That was the victory of the wait and see party.

Speaking of the specific Starry Sky Inn in-orbit mission, Tang Chao was stationed on Red Potato Island and didn't care much about the headquarters, but he didn't idle around either. He started several live broadcasts and answered many questions from netizens.

With Tang Chao, a young man who understands the ways of most netizens, it is easy to deal with netizens' questions.

At the same time, he is also the company's boss and has extremely high authority. He decides what should be said and what should not be said, so he can speak freely.

Moreover, he is also the company's chief technology officer. Don't look at him being young and the company's boss, but he can also talk about technical matters in a clear and logical manner. When it comes to the company's equipment, no one knows it better than him.

No one else has so many BUFFs in one person.

During the preparation for the "Voyager" rocket and the "Starry Sky Inn" space station, two more orbital shuttles arrived at the Red Potato Island Space Launch Center. They all flew from the headquarters.

Of course, they definitely didn't fly directly within the atmosphere. They didn't have that ability.

They took off from the headquarters and entered space. One of them was performing an astronaut training mission, and the other was performing a supply mission to the Tiangong space station.

There is nothing to say about the training mission. It is basically a normalized mission for the company's astronaut training. The supply mission is interesting. It is Pathfinder Company's business scope - national-level space missions.

Although it is not cost-effective to use an orbital shuttle to transport goods from the perspective of the transportation ratio of a single mission, it is cheap!

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And it is very convenient to use, and the early preparations are simple. If the orbital shuttle ordered by the Tianxia national team was not still being manufactured, they would have used the shuttle for their own space station supply missions.

It is conceivable that when they get the orbital shuttle, they will definitely modify it into a passenger and cargo version.

Pathfinder Company's shuttles are of course dedicated. Passenger transport is passenger transport, cargo transport is cargo transport, training is training. After all, dual-use also means that neither mode can be fully loaded.

The pure cargo version of the orbital shuttle can carry 2.5 tons of cargo. Although it is not as good as the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft with a load of 6 tons, its comprehensive price is ridiculously cheap from other aspects.

Anyway, Tianxia has the technical reserves of cargo spacecraft, so they used and purchased Pathfinder Company's orbital shuttles with great confidence.

Even if the orbital shuttle is retired like the previous space shuttle, they have a way to transport goods to the space station without worrying about encountering a situation similar to that of the United States, that is, for a long time, astronauts will have to take manned spacecraft from other countries to space.

The reason why these two orbital shuttles are parked here now is because they have been assigned new tasks.

One is to land here to check the landing and tower command capabilities of the new runway, as well as the maintenance and maintenance capabilities of the maintenance workshop.

The second is to wait for the Starry Sky Inn to enter space orbit, and then the orbital shuttle will take off from here, both to check the take-off capabilities of the new runway and to send supplies to the newly launched Starry Sky Inn.

Pathfinder Company will not do the kind of thing where supplies are transported after a long time. The time it takes for the Starry Sky Inn to wait for the orbital shuttle to dock is enough for self-inspection. If the self-inspection is completed without any problems, supplies can be carried out. If the self-inspection cannot be passed, the shuttle will land.

Single-stage-to-orbit reusable aircraft are so capricious!

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