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A day in heaven is a thousand years on earth.

Although the time difference between Earth and Kan Star isn't that extreme, it's still roughly 'one day on Earth equals ten days on Kan Star'.

Coming to Kan Star again, there are already several satellites in its space orbit, allowing the little green people to better observe and study their familiar yet alien home planet.

This time, it's evening on Kan Star, close to their daily mealtime, but their mealtime is delayed because a space shuttle is about to land.

Tang Chao watched the landing process of the space shuttle from the rooftop of the assembly building.

It was shocking.

No fuel, gliding all the way down.

When the space shuttle appeared at the end of the runway and confirmed that the landing posture was correct, the little green people cheered.

Their cheers always come early.

Accompanied by bursts of whistling, the rear wheels of the space shuttle landed on the runway, and the friction between the rubber and the runway instantly created a lot of smoke. The deceleration parachute opened to slow down the spacecraft.

Soon, after the space shuttle glided for a while, it released the deceleration parachute and slowly came to a stop.

A large group of vehicles surrounded it, and many little green people jumped out of the cars and began to jump and cheer around the space shuttle.

The atmosphere was amazing!

He also wanted to go to the scene to watch.

Before, because the underground warehouse was too big, he hadn't even made it to the space shuttle's warehouse before returning to the ground. He only knew that the space center had this thing.

Later, he caught up with the assembly process of the space shuttle, but he was busy with other things at that time, so he only glanced at it in a hurry.

Now he's not busy. One night on Earth is at least several days here. He has plenty of time to admire this Earth aerospace miracle on Kan Star.

This space shuttle is 100% Earth size, not reduced, 37.24 meters long, 17.27 meters high, and has a wingspan of 29.79 meters.

For such large things, such as tanks, fighter jets, and warships, they often appear in barren lands, skies, and oceans. It's difficult to determine their size when watching videos and pictures without reference objects.

If you encounter some talented photographers from Tian Xia, their size changes can make you doubt your life.

Only by truly standing next to them will you know how big they really are.

Just like the space shuttle in front of him, from the ground to the top of the vertical tail, it's nearly five stories high. What kind of concept is that?

Tang Chao walked around it, looked at the heat-resistant tiles up close, but didn't dare to touch them.

Because these things had just experienced high temperatures of over a thousand degrees Celsius, and there might even be radiation, he didn't dare to risk his life.

Finally, after looking at the five large 'Chrysanthemums' in the back, Tang Chao excitedly entered the interior.

Inside the cabin.

Its front section is the astronaut cabin, divided into upper, middle, and lower 3 layers.

The upper layer is the main cabin, with a flight control room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, gym and storage room, which can accommodate 8 people.

The middle layer is the mid-cabin, which is also a place for astronauts to work and rest.

The lower layer is the bottom cabin, where air conditioning pipes, fans, water pumps, oil pumps, and waste storage are located.

Its middle section is the cargo hold, where artificial Earth satellites, probes, and large experimental equipment are placed. It is equipped with a remote control robotic arm for deploying and retrieving those equipment.

The cargo hold is 18.3 meters long and 4.6 meters in diameter. It can carry more than twenty tons of items into space, and can also carry nearly twenty tons of materials from space back to the ground. The outer shell of the cargo hold above can be opened like a clamshell.

After looking at it inside and out, and even sitting in the cockpit full of screens and buttons, Tang Chao could imagine the expressions of other countries on Earth being jealous.

There's no way around it, it's indeed advanced.

But its final result was also because it was "too advanced".

The idea was good, but unfortunately, due to the limitations of the era, the hardware was not good enough, making it a "premature baby" in the aerospace field.

After walking out of the space shuttle and being blown by the sea breeze outside, Tang Chao felt a little bored.

The space shuttle can also be called an orbital shuttle, but it's not the kind of orbital shuttle he wants.

Simply put, it's too backward.

Advanced and backward are relative.

Even Earth has begun to produce second-generation space shuttles, let alone Kan Star, which has more advanced aerospace technology.

Many second-generation space shuttles have appeared on Earth, such as True Galaxy's air-launched "Space Ship", Mountain Company's mini space shuttle "Dream Chaser", and Merica's official X-37B.

They are all considered second-generation space shuttles, taking the path of miniaturization or unmanned operation, making the shape of the spacecraft more compact, so Tang Chao always has a question mark on his face when he hears someone say they are spaceplanes.

He doesn't even dare to say that his first spacecraft is a spaceplane, he only admits that it is a single-stage-to-orbit shuttle that can take off and land horizontally from the runway.

It can only simply enter orbit and return, and cannot casually roam in the atmosphere. It doesn't have such a good aerodynamic layout, nor so much fuel.

He summoned Werner and several other five-star rocket engineers to the R\u0026D center's conference room, and asked them to use existing technology to design a spacecraft that can take off horizontally from the runway and achieve single-stage-to-orbit in the shortest possible time.

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It's best to be able to carry 5~10 people, people of his size, not the size of little green people.

His purpose is space orbit tourism, so the cabin should be comfortable.

The on-orbit time will not be very long, only a few hours, so attention should be paid to balancing activity space, viewing windows, and living service facilities.

"BOSS, this is very simple. We have some spaceplanes designed before 'Great Change'. Using them as a blueprint and referring to the current Kan Star environment, we can design a spaceplane that meets your requirements in a few months," Werner said confidently.

After speaking, he also found some information and displayed it on the big screen in the conference room.

When Tang Chao saw it, they were all spaceplanes he had designed when he was playing games.

It's just that they are all real spaceplanes, which made him frown, "Why are they all vacuum spaceplanes using R.A.P.I.E.R intelligent spaceplane engines? This technology is too advanced and does not meet my requirements. It is best to use the 'Dart' plug nozzle rocket engine SSTO aircraft as a reference blueprint."

"BOSS, is this still advanced?"

Werner said with a puzzled face: "In order to cope with the situation of New Kan Star, we all want to research more advanced space engines, as long as you issue a permit command."

"Of course, in order to cope with the new environment, new space engines can be developed, but advanced technology has advanced uses, and backward technology also has backward value. I have my own plans, so do as I say first."

"Okay, you are the BOSS, you have the final say."

Tang Chao gave orders with the air of a BOSS, and the little green people could only execute them.

But they soon became excited again, because using old technology to develop new spacecraft to fly in the space orbit of the new home planet is also a novel experience.

Anyway, for them, it doesn't matter what they use to make the spacecraft, even if it's just their physical bodies entering orbit.

They are happy as long as they can fly, and the farther they fly, the happier they are.

And Tang Chao is also very happy. These technologies are nothing to Kan Star, but they are different when brought to Earth.

The reason why the first orbital spacecraft uses a plug nozzle rocket engine is only because this engine is relatively advanced on Earth but not so advanced. The spacecraft will be shocking when it comes out, but it will not be despairing.

When his spacecraft starts commercial use, others will step up their research on similar engines.

It's just that by the time they develop corresponding engines and supporting spacecraft, not to mention that his spacecraft has already occupied a considerable market share and made his company grow stronger.

At the same time, he can also sell spacecraft and allow more companies to enter this market.

After receiving the second wave of benefits, he can launch a new generation of new products - spaceplanes.

At that time, his company will already have a certain scale and status, and will not be easily manipulated. It will be no problem to release real spaceplanes.

Although its technology is backward on Kan Star, it can reap several waves of benefits on Earth and maximize profits.

This is why some companies clearly have more complete technology, but they don't release it all at once, but first release a usable and relatively advanced 1.0 version, and then upgrade to 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.