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Visitors can stay in the space station for 12 hours. If they want to rest, go to the sightseeing section to see the space scenery, or go to the gravity-free section to experience weightlessness, it is all voluntary. After 12 hours, they will take the space shuttle back to Ruida Space City to end the entire space tour. This travel plan stays in space longer and also enters the commercial space station, so the cost is of course higher, each ticket is 499999. Eating and consumption expenses in the space station are calculated separately.

Ever since Ruida Aerospace announced that the space tourism project would soon be open, it has been receiving calls from customers all over the country. Fortunately, Ruida Aerospace's customer service system uniformly uses artificial intelligence automatic answering instead of real people on duty, otherwise even more customer service staff would be too busy. Ruida Aerospace's space tourism tickets are put on sale in the Ruida Mall two days in advance. The first plan space tourism tickets, priced at 99999, are limited to 316 tickets per day, which means that the passenger version of the space plane will fly two flights. The second plan space tourism tickets, priced at 499999, are only released 20 tickets per day due to the limited reception capacity of the commercial space station.

Space tourism is a new thing, and the cost is much higher than traditional tourism projects. Qiao Ruida thought that the sales of tickets would not be very good after they were put on the shelves. Who would have thought that the tickets on the first day were snapped up by netizens within less than three seconds of being put on the shelves. Even so, there were still many netizens who didn't get a ticket, and they left messages to the customer service to complain, why not open more space flights, or do a pre-sale, and sell the tickets for the next few days together. Qiao Ruida temporarily replaced the customer service staff and talked to these potential customers, and then he figured out why these people rushed to buy space tourism tickets.

It turns out that before Ruida Aerospace opened up space tourism, only a few wealthy people had entered space on NASA's space shuttle or the manned spacecraft of Big Goose. The lowest cost was tens of millions of US dollars, which was not affordable for ordinary people. Later, a foreign private aerospace company launched a suborbital flight business. That is, take a special aircraft to enter the space about 100 kilometers above the ground, experience weightlessness for a short time, but will not fly around the earth's orbit. This type of flight usually lasts for a short time and the cost is relatively low. For example, a suborbital flight project launched by a domestic commercial aerospace company originally cost 150 million yuan, and the special price in the live broadcast room is 100 million yuan.

Compared with the above space tourism projects, the space tourism tickets launched by Ruida Aerospace are less than 100,000 yuan at the lowest. It is so cheap that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a bargain. Moreover, Ruida Aerospace's space tourism project is to take a space shuttle to truly enter space. There is no rapid acceleration or deceleration during the ascent phase, and there is no need to cross black barriers when returning. The riding experience is more comfortable and safer, and it is more suitable for ordinary people. With such a high cost-effective space tourism project, all wealthy businessmen and even the middle class who are not short of money want to experience it. It is reasonable that the tickets are sold out in seconds after they are put on the market.

"Mr. Qiao, since the space tourism project is so popular, why don't we raise the price? It doesn't have to be too much, just add a zero after the current price?" Cao Yifei, who was standing nearby and watching the information on the screen, suggested.

Qiao Ruida thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "In my opinion, the price of one hundred thousand for a space travel ticket is already very high. If the price is raised tenfold, space tourism will become a project exclusively for the rich, which is inconsistent with the business philosophy of our Ruida Group. Besides, one hundred thousand for a ticket, a passenger version of the space plane, fully loaded with 158 passengers, a round trip to space, the ticket revenue is 1580 million. The cost of a space plane flight is nothing more than consuming some electricity from the Ark reactor, and the life of the body is slightly reduced, and the total cost will definitely not exceed 100 million. In other words, a space plane flight is a net profit of to million. Such a profitable business is not easy to find. We should be content and not be too greedy."

"Okay, I was greedy. Now that you mentioned it, I think the current price is reasonable. If we can't make up for the lack of quality, we can make up for it with quantity. Why don't we build a few more passenger-carrying space planes and fly a few more times a day? We can still make a lot of money by relying on the advantage of quantity."

"Your suggestion is good. Looking at the current trend, there are many people who are willing to spend 100,000 yuan to go for a tour in space. Producing a few more passenger-version space planes can fully meet the space tourism needs of these people, and by the way, we can also earn more funds to prepare for subsequent larger aerospace projects. Let's do this, notify Director Wang of the space plane production workshop, and tell him to produce two more passenger-version space planes."

"Okay, Mr. Qiao, I'll notify everyone."

The space tourism project was officially launched, and the space tourism tickets that were given away by lottery at the annual meeting of Ruida Group last year can finally be redeemed. Qiao Ruida also specially upgraded their tickets by one level, from the first plan to the more expensive second travel plan. After hearing the good news, the winning employees who had been waiting for several months were very happy and immediately took leave to rush to Ruida Space City to participate in the first commercial flight of the passenger-type space plane the day after tomorrow.

Two days later, at nine in the morning, colorful flags fluttered, gongs and drums roared, and people were bustling at the Ruida Aerospace City Space Airport. Ruida Aerospace officially launched the space tourism project and held a grand celebration ceremony for the first commercial flight of two passenger-carrying space planes. Employees of Ruida Aerospace, tourists participating in space tourism, reporters from many domestic and foreign media, and the lucky employees who won space tourism tickets in the lottery, a total of hundreds of people, participated in this grand celebration ceremony. In order to increase attention and promote the space tourism project, the celebration ceremony was broadcast live in the official live broadcast room of Ruida Aerospace.

Amid the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, two huge passenger-type space planes, draped with huge red silk flowers, slowly drove out of the hangar and drove to the middle of the space airport along the route drawn in advance. The flash lights on the scene kept flashing, and at the same time, at least dozens of reporters and tourists picked up their cameras and pressed the shutter at the space planes. I don't know who took the lead in applauding, and then many people responded. At a certain moment, the warm applause even drowned out the sound of firecrackers, gongs, drums, and aircraft engines. Many tourists or reporters who saw the passenger-type space plane for the first time were shocked by the behemoth in front of them, and exclaimed and praised continuously.

"What a huge space plane. One of the wheels on its landing gear is taller than me?"

"This thing doesn't look any smaller than the Airbus A380. Can such a huge aircraft really fly when it takes off from such a short runway?"

"I've seen promotional videos of space planes. They all take off vertically, and don't need to take off like ordinary planes."

"Okay, I am ignorant. To be honest, Ruida Aerospace's technology is really advanced. Such a large aircraft can also take off vertically. If our country's J20 fighter jets have this vertical take-off and landing technology, can they directly board aircraft carriers? Then the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers will rise dramatically."

"I remember seeing a photo online of a J20 fighter jet carrying a special engine without an air intake for a test flight. If I remember correctly, the shape of that special engine is exactly the same as the anti-gravity engine installed on this aerospace plane. Maybe the vertical take-off and landing version of the J20 has already been deployed on ships, but it has not been announced to the public."

When the two space planes were in place, the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums stopped. Qiao Ruida walked between the two space planes with a wireless microphone and gave a passionate speech. "Today is a special day, a day worth remembering, a day that will surely go down in the history of world space travel. Today, the two passenger space planes developed and produced by our Ruida Aerospace Company are officially put into commercial operation. At the same time, this is also the first step we have taken to normalize and popularize space tourism. From now on..."

Facing hundreds of viewers and tens of millions of netizens in the live broadcast room, Qiao Ruida spoke eloquently and gave an impromptu speech for 99999 minutes. He then announced on the spot, "The first batch of tourists who bought tickets please board the plane. The first flight of space tourism will start soon. Those who spent 499999 to buy tickets for the first travel plan will board the first plane, and those who spent 2 to buy tickets for the second travel plan will board the second plane."

As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred tourists walked out of the crowd, divided into two groups, and walked towards the two space planes. They stepped on the gangway driven by the ground staff, entered the cabin, found the seats corresponding to their tickets and sat down. Another two ground staff took the elevator, climbed to the head of the plane, and took away the big red flower draped on the fuselage to avoid any adverse effects on the subsequent flight.

Qiao Ruida walked to Du Qingqing, took her hand, and said, "Wife, today is the first time space tourism has started, and it is also the first time that the commercial space station has received tourists. Do you want to take the No. 2 machine and go to the space station to experience it together?"

"Space tourism is such a fun thing, of course I want to go. But weren't all the tickets for space tourism sold out two days ago? If we squeeze in at the last minute, will there be too little room on the plane?" Du Qingqing said worriedly.

"Let's take Space Shuttle No. 2. There are only 20 tourists on board right now. The space station has limited capacity and has only released 20 tickets. If we go up, it will only be two more people, so there won't be any problem."

"That's great. Ever since the space station was built, I've wanted to go up and take a look, but unfortunately I never had the chance. This time I finally got my wish."

When taking wedding photos during the May Day holiday, Du Qingqing and Qiao Ruida took a space shuttle and went into space. Seeing the dark starry sky and the panoramic view of the blue earth, Du Qingqing was shocked and felt that the trip was worthwhile. However, the space shuttle has limited space after all, and it can't carry too many supplies. The energy is also limited. It returned after staying in space for less than an hour. The infinite beauty of space is not enough. Now there is another opportunity to go into space, and to enter the newly built space station and stay in space for twelve hours. Du Qingqing certainly doesn't want to miss it.

Qiao Ruida asked the ground staff for two cabin space suits, and took Du Qingqing to board the No. 2 space shuttle. Half an hour later, the ground staff cleared the personnel around the space shuttle, and the No. 1 and No. 2 space shuttles started the anti-gravity engines and slowly lifted off. Compared with the original space shuttle, the passenger version of the space shuttle uses the same power layout, but the weight of the aircraft is several times heavier, and the acceleration during takeoff is much smaller. Tourists riding on the space shuttle basically have no feeling. If they don’t see the people and buildings outside the porthole quickly disappearing and shrinking, they will not realize that the space shuttle has taken off.

"Honey, the riding experience of this passenger version of the space plane is so comfortable, no worse than riding a civil airliner." Du Qingqing leaned on Qiao Ruida's shoulder, looking at the vast sea of ​​clouds drifting quickly outside the window, and said.

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"Of course. The passenger version of the space plane was designed for space tourism, so the riding experience is of course the first priority. However, the performance of the passenger version of the space plane is much worse. Its acceleration performance and maximum flight speed are only about 70% of the original space plane."

The passenger version of the space shuttle has a maximum flight speed of only about Mach 5 in the atmosphere, but it is stable and durable. After two hours of continuous flight, Space Shuttle No. 1 and Space Shuttle No. 2 flew out of the atmosphere and entered the low-Earth orbit. At this time, everything on the space shuttle, including people, entered a state of weightlessness, and everything that was not fixed floated up. Those tourists who entered space for the first time were experiencing this state of weightlessness for the first time, and they felt very curious. They could play with any small thing they found for a long time.

Here, the two planes parted ways. Space Shuttle No. 1 shut down its main engine and continued to fly along the low-Earth orbit and around the earth by inertia. More than 2 tourists on the plane can unbuckle their seat belts, leave their seats, and deeply experience the state of weightlessness. They can also get close to the window to enjoy the beautiful space scenery and take photos. Space Shuttle No. 450 adjusted its flight direction and continued to climb until it reached a circular low-Earth orbit kilometers above the ground, where it rendezvoused with the commercial space station that had just been built.

The entire docking process was completely controlled automatically by an intelligent program, which was smooth, accurate, and fast. Qiao Ruida and other passengers only felt a slight setback.

"The rendezvous and docking has been completed. All passengers, please fasten your seat belts, walk along the corridor, go to the docking channel at the front of the aircraft, and enter the space station."

Qiao Ruida had experienced weightlessness more than once and had already learned how to move quickly in a weightless state. He unbuckled his seat belt, held Du Qingqing with one hand, and held the leather handle above the corridor in the middle of the cabin with the other hand. With a little force, the two of them slid quickly forward along the corridor. (End of this chapter)