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#297 - Commercial space station needles don't poke!

"Wow, no wonder this is the largest single-module space station currently. It's really big in here, especially this hall. This hall alone is bigger than the modules of most space stations, right?"

"Indeed, the visual difference is too obvious. Whether it's the International Space Station or the Tiangong Space Station, although most of their modules have an external diameter of over 4 meters, the internal cabins still feel small and cramped."

"There's no way around it. There's too much equipment to install. The exterior is only so big, so they can only compress the interior. That's why astronaut selection is so difficult. Working and living in such a small space every day puts too much psychological pressure on them."

"I feel like this space station hall is bigger than my living room. I'm crying!"

"Don't be sad. If you think about other possibilities, you might not cry. For example, the cost of this empty hall is probably enough to buy your entire building."

"That's why commercial space stations and scientific research space stations aren't the same thing. The space utilization rate here is ridiculously low. If it were a scientific research space station, this hall would definitely be filled with experimental equipment."

"Well, personally, if I were to go to space for fun, I would definitely choose this kind of commercial space station. It's comfortable to live in. I wonder what the psychological activities of those private individuals who went to the International Space Station for tourism before are like now?"

"What else could they be? Just marveling at how fast technology is developing!"

"We're lucky to have caught up. Let's get it officially operational quickly. My... Dad's wallet is already itching!"

"I'm so envious of the four astronauts in the live broadcast. Starry Sky Inn gave them the first customer experience. I wonder when Pathfinder Aerospace Company will recruit astronauts again. I will definitely sign up and work hard to be selected!"

"What's so enviable about astronauts? They're going to work this time. We're going up to play in the future. It's not the same thing, although I'm just a potential, very deeply hidden, customer."

Indeed, the four astronauts in the space station have now become space porters.

However, although they are porters, the addition of the word "space" makes it much more high-end.

Because they are floating throughout the entire process.

They returned to their respective spacecraft, then opened the restraints securing the cargo, and pushed the packages one by one into the storage compartments of the Starry Sky Inn.

Pathfinder's internal operational plan for the Starry Sky Inn was also discussed for a long time. Initially, they wanted the pilots to double as service personnel, after all, the co-pilot already doubled as a flight attendant.

However, after repeated discussions, they decided to arrange permanent service personnel.

To create more emerging job positions.

The number of people doesn't need to be large, after all, the ratio of service personnel to tourists needs to be well arranged. Although the Starry Sky Inn is the largest single-module space station in human history, the space station's space is never enough for humans.

So the four pilots only need to load the goods into the storage cabinets, and then dedicated service personnel will place them in the appropriate locations, and then the Starry Sky Inn can officially operate.

However, the astronauts have already come, and they are currently live streaming, so it would be too boring to just transport the goods and leave.

In fact, the four of them are also part of the test.

So after they finished moving things and gathered in the space station hall again, they began humanity's first real commercial space station tour with a mix of explanation and experience.

As a part-time flight attendant, although not a professional space station service person, Li Yuling still has a lot of professionalism. She directly played the role of the space station service person who would appear later.

"Okay, everyone, this is the hall of the Starry Sky Inn. As you can see, it is quite spacious, so this is also the largest public space in the entire space station."

"Some of the equipment over there is for exercising. You need to know that living in space is not easy. Weightlessness affects our bodies..."

Li Yuling's eloquence is very good. She received professional training during the previous training, so she can always get to the point. This is also why she was chosen as the co-pilot and flight attendant when the orbital shuttle first carried people into space.

At that time, although her driving skills were very good, they were not top-notch. It was just because she had to face the camera and there was a live broadcast to the world, and her ability in this area was very prominent, so she was chosen.

After that experience, her driving skills training seemed to have opened up, and with hard training and a lot of hard work, she eventually became one of the company's top pilots.

After she introduced the things in the corner of the hall, she pointed to a "road" that was obviously not obstructed by any equipment. This road circled the inner wall of the cabin, and the color was slightly different from other places. It can be said to be very eye-catching.

"This is a space runway, used for running. Of course, to really exercise, you still need to use a dedicated treadmill. This road is for entertainment purposes."

"The hall is very big, so how do you experience the spaciousness of the space? The answer is to run around it!"

As she said, she "lightly" hooked the fixing strap back and forth with her feet and "walked" to the runway.

The hall is too big, which is also a bit bad, that is, it is a bit awkward to walk. If it is a current conventional space station module, because the space is small, if you don't want to float directly, you can still walk by borrowing the strength of your hands and feet.

However, the hall of the Starry Sky Inn is too big, and the hands can't reach the "ceiling" at all, so you can't borrow strength unless you first float to the "ceiling" 6 meters away, and then borrow strength from 6 meters away to float back.

The key is that she is now only more than two meters away from the runway.

She took out two spring bands from both sides of the runway and buckled them on both sides of her waist, and then gently exerted force on her feet, and she ran on the inner wall of the hall.

This scene, if you ignore that this is a space station, she is like running around the floor, walls, and ceiling at home.

Of course, don't think that the spring band fixes her body on the "floor", but the state of weightlessness is still too difficult to maintain balance. Before she finished running a circle, she leaned forward again and floated up again.

Because there is a spring band fixed, she did not float around.

After all, there is only one spring band on each side, and the strength is not strong, just slightly pulling the body towards the cabin wall, and the force surface is relatively single.

It is okay to stand and maintain balance, but once you run, the carefully maintained balance is easily broken.

However, it is also a demonstration of an interesting way to play in a commercial space station. In the future, tourists can come as a challenge and see who can run the most laps in a single run.

After that, Li Yuling introduced every place, and let other pilots take turns to experience it.

Finally, before they left, it was time to eat.

Since they are here, they must eat a meal before leaving, and eating space food is also a very necessary tourist experience project and a must-have project.

Space food is food for astronauts to eat during spaceflight.

A very understandable concept.

We call the food that astronauts eat in space space food because it is developed according to the special environment in which astronauts live, combined with the taste and digestive absorption ability of astronauts in space, as well as special eating methods.

Basically, space food is special food developed for special people in special environments.

This "special" is reflected in all aspects.

Also because of this "special", space food can't be related to gourmet food.

At least that's how it was in the beginning.

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