This star is going to the moon

Chapter 390 Earth, how beautiful!

"take off!"

"Boom~"

The inaugural "Ingenuity" space shuttle, carrying one professional astronaut and five space tourists, took off nimbly from the space airport's runway.

Despite the agile takeoff maneuver of the space shuttle, it is much more noisy than the takeoff of a commercial airliner within the atmosphere.

However, the louder the space shuttle took off, the more excited the spectators became!

"Haha, that sound is so loud! I'm so excited, I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest!"

"That was exciting! That was so exciting! This leave was definitely worth it!"

"I've seen the Long March 5 rocket launch before. That thing has a takeoff thrust of over 1000 tons. It felt like the sky was going to be cracked when it took off. But now I think the space shuttle with a takeoff thrust of only a little over 100 tons is more impressive."

"Well, that's probably because the space shuttle carries six people, while the Long March 6 can only transport cargo."

"Yes, transporting people and transporting goods definitely feels different."

"Wow, it feels so different! The mass-produced version feels much more powerful than the 'Wooden Kite'!"

"Sorry, Wooden Kite, your mass-produced model looks a bit cooler than you."

"Haha, that's only human nature!"

"I really envy them. When will I be able to travel to space?"

"It's simple. As long as I win the Lucky Draw next year, I can go on a space trip next year."

"Uh, it is indeed simple. Anyway, I feel that the odds of winning Lu Yun's ten million yuan lucky draw are higher than winning the ten million yuan lottery."

"Haha, you're so funny. If you compare the two, what are the odds? It's definitely easier to win the Lucky Draw with Lu Yun."

"By the way, when will the last batch of lucky winners go to space? Judging from the current situation, it's unlikely they'll be on a commercial flight, right?"

"I guess they'll be using the 'Wooden Kite' like they did for the previous test flights. But using the 'Wooden Kite' is fine too, since we're going to space anyway."

"That's for sure. Even if the standard for mass-produced machines is 100 points, the Wooden Kite is at least 90 points, not a 60-point outdated manned spacecraft."

"Good heavens, have manned spacecraft become this outdated?"

"Hey, I'm already looking forward to going to space in a space shuttle next year..."

"Don't dream..."

Compared to the audience on the ground, the people who traveled into space aboard the "Lingji Yidong" spacecraft were the most excited.

Of course, this doesn't include Chen Quan, since he's already been to space several times.

Chen Quan: Actually... going to space can be like that too.

The Space Shuttle's first commercial spaceflight was conducted with special contracts signed with the passengers, who allowed the entire space journey to be broadcast live.

Or rather, they'd love to have the whole thing streamed live.

After all, this "maiden voyage" has great historical significance.

However, the cabin footage was kept silent throughout the live broadcast. People who can afford to spend 1000 million to buy a ticket to ride in a space shuttle to space are all people of status, and they certainly don't want their swearing during their excitement to be broadcast live.

They can usually control themselves, but compared to the excitement of going to space... it's hard to say.

So now they can speak freely and even answer Chen Quan's questions.

"How are you all feeling? Can you handle this acceleration G-force?"

The reason for asking this question is that the training is all simulated training, which is somewhat different from the real situation.

Just like Yang Liwei's first spaceflight, no matter how hard he trained on the ground, the spacecraft's high-speed friction with the complex atmosphere after re-entering the atmosphere generated vibrations at a special frequency, causing Yang Liwei and the spacecraft to resonate and hemorrhage.

Fortunately, with his practical experience, scientists improved the Shenzhou spacecraft, which led to the subsequent development of high-speed manned spaceflight in China.

Now, passengers aboard the revolutionary space shuttle, upon hearing the captain's question, excitedly reply, "Haha, no problem at all, it's pretty much the same as the takeoff phase of a commercial airliner!"

"Me too!"

"I was so excited that I didn't really feel anything special, so it should mean there's no problem."

"I felt like I was dreaming. I didn't even feel any acceleration. Instead, I felt light and airy all over."

"It feels great, and I even want to perform one of our traditional dances from Bharat to celebrate."

The last sentence was said by the high-caste noblewoman astronomer, the third brother.

Well, I must say, no wonder they're from Third Brother's side.

After hearing the passengers' responses, Chen Quan looked at the body data recorded by the life support system of each person's spacesuit on the screen in front of him, and then began to report to the ground control center.

As the captain of a formal commercial flight, he is responsible for many more steps than during previous test flights.

Fortunately, most of them are automatically controlled, and he only needs to report the data from time to time to verify it with the ground.

And so, the speed of the "Ingenious Idea" increased and its altitude increased, and the passengers watched the "sky" outside the porthole turn from blue to black.

Suddenly, the G-force pressing down on the passengers disappeared, and they actually felt light and airy. They knew that they had truly entered the weightless environment of space.

Although the "Lingji Yidong" spacecraft entered "space" from "sky" when it crossed the "Kármán Line" at an altitude of 100 kilometers above the ground, ordinary people would only be considered to have entered space after experiencing "weightlessness".

Compared to the passengers, Chen Quan felt a sense of relief, but at the same time, he sensed that the atmosphere in the cabin had become agitated. He quickly reminded them, "Passengers, please do not move around for the time being. You can turn your head to look at the scenery outside the window, but please do not unfasten your seat belts until I have checked the situation."

Upon hearing Chen Quan's words, the passengers quieted down temporarily, while Chen Quan calmly confirmed the situation with the ground control center.

After a brief communication lasting less than a minute, Chen Quan instructed everyone to unfasten their seatbelts after the space shuttle reached its designated orbit and shut down its engines.

"Passengers, you are now free to move around."

"Woohoo~"

Yang Xu cheered and immediately unbuckled his seatbelt.

As a result of being too excited, he lost control of his strength and flew straight to the "ceiling".

However, he felt no embarrassment, only novelty and excitement.

"Haha, I can fly!"

The other passengers didn't laugh at Yang Xu either, because their situation wasn't much better than his.

Ground training is one thing, but the experience of actually being in space is quite another.

Fortunately, the cabin of the space shuttle wasn't a spacious area, and they quickly regained control of their physical condition using various methods. Then they all leaned over the portholes to carefully observe humanity's Earth home.

You can't see the blue sky here, but you can see a vast blue ocean.

You can't see the details of the scenery here, but you can see a colorful land made up of large blocks of yellow, red, green, purple and other colors.

There are also clouds of all shapes and sizes, some clustered together, some sparse, and even from a higher perspective, the "cloudless sky" has a different feel.

"Oh, I feel like I'm intoxicated, it's so beautiful!"

"How beautiful, Earth!"

"Yes, it truly is our eternal home."

"It is so beautiful; in this vast universe, it is humanity's Garden of Eden."

"Just looking at it from afar, the earth feels peaceful and beautiful. Wars between humans really shouldn't exist; they are all meaningless internal conflicts."

At this moment, Chen Quan floated over and chimed in: "Yes, I feel we should share this beauty with people all over the world. We come from different countries, why don't we take a group photo with the Earth as the background?"

Everyone looked at him upon hearing this, and he raised the Huayao Mate X2 folding screen phone in his hand.

(End of this chapter)