Super technology leader

"Tsk tsk, the liftoff of a super-heavy rocket is always spectacular. Even though I'm just watching a live video, I can feel the ground shaking at my house."

"Hey, wake up. Maybe it's just your downstairs neighbor renovating and drilling the wall. Be careful they don't drill through your floor."

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. These witty netizens really get me. I love the internet."

"Netizens are always so cheerful. But, to be fair, isn't it a bit reckless for Navigator to launch such an expensive new space station from a new, unverified site? I noticed that some parts of the mobile launch tower haven't even been painted yet."

"That's not recklessness; that's absolute technical confidence. Navigator doesn't have any failure records yet, except for that one taken out by aliens. Besides, it must have passed strict inspection. They just don't need to release everything to the public."

"Speaking of which, is there still no plan to deal with aliens?"

"I followed the UN's post yesterday. It said many countries insisted on maintaining good relations with aliens during the conference, but the countries were all small. No major countries expressed their opinions."

"Click the link to support the Peacock Country's entry into the UN Security Council..."

"Holy crap, I just went to the bathroom, and it's already launched! Where is it now? Has it entered space yet?"

"Almost. All the first-stage boosters have been successfully recovered. They just finished the live broadcast of the recovery. Now the second-stage booster is about to shut down. Starry Sky Inn's entry into orbit is definitely stable this time."

"Oh my god, don't jinx it. What if something goes wrong?"

"Don't worry, bro. Not just anyone can jinx it. We're not Navigator employees. It's fine for us to talk. Unless their big boss jinxes it himself."

"I think Boss Tang is super steady. Look at his posture. He's doing a tactical lean back."

Indeed, the live broadcast screen doesn't stay fixed on one camera. It's constantly switching.

Sometimes it's the monitoring view of the engine nozzle, sometimes it's the exterior view of the Starry Sky Inn, sometimes it's the interior view, and sometimes it switches back to the command hall to see the various data and real-time demonstration animations on the big screen.

And when it switches back to the command hall, it always captures Tang Chao because he's sitting in the No. 0 command seat.

Since he's here, of course, the No. 0 command is given to him.

After shouting "Ignition," he leaned back in his chair and looked at the big screen. After a while, he crossed his arms, exuding a powerful aura.

A young big shot.

Like now, the screen has switched back to the command hall again.

"Wow, Boss Tang is so handsome!"

"Yeah, so young. How did he develop Navigator Group to this scale?"

"Who knows? I only know that Boss Tang's basic knowledge is very solid. When I watched his live broadcast before, he could bring up various science and technology knowledge points at will. And his speech is very understandable for young people. Even I, a newbie, could understand it."

"But that's a bit unreasonable. Generally, age and knowledge should be directly proportional. His current age is obviously still when he should be learning the basics. How does it feel like he's even more powerful than the world's top aerospace experts?"

"Isn't that simple? I suspect he's like those famous people in history, a time traveler! Or reborn! Or he's cheating, with a golden finger!"

"I don't think it's that simple. Maybe it's related to aliens. Maybe..."

Right now, Tang Chao isn't looking at the comments. He's focused on the big screen in the command hall, occasionally listening to the precise data from other observation stations and space satellites.

After all, rockets aren't piloted by humans in real-time. Although their real-time data is transmitted to the ground control center, and the control center can control them, they're still not as good as advanced manned aircraft.

Especially now that they've entered space, humanity's ability to remotely control them is even less than that of manned aircraft. And this is at a distance very close to the ground control center. There hasn't been any signal delay yet.

When they reach the moon, Mars, or even further distances, it will be impossible to remotely control them at critical moments. The equipment can only react on its own.

So, in recent decades, as long as automation and intelligence haven't developed to a monstrous degree, going into space still requires people. Various professional astronauts need to be trained in large numbers.

And ultimately, "space immigration" is about moving people out. Saying anything else is useless if you can't move people out.

No matter how big the Earth is, its carrying capacity is limited. So, the idea of using games and virtual reality devices to cultivate "astronaut seeds" is really great.

During the waiting period for Starry Sky Inn to enter orbit, the live broadcast camera returned to Red Potato Island Aerospace Launch Center, specifically the runway.

Two identical orbital shuttles, Dart 1 and Dart 2, are steadily parked at the end of the runway.

These two orbital shuttles were Navigator Company's first two aircraft, and their pilots are the most experienced astronauts.

Du Kangsheng is in No. 1, and Li Yuling is in No. 2.

They were the first company pilots to fly the orbital shuttles into space. Li Yuling was the co-pilot and also had some flight attendant duties.

However, in less than half a year, she has experienced more than a dozen space flights, more than all astronauts' lifetime flight times combined.

This made her one of Navigator Aerospace's best astronauts. She not only became a mentor for trainees but also doubled as the chief flight attendant, teaching more students than Du Kangsheng, the chief astronaut pilot.

Because of their superb skills, they are always involved in major spaceflight activities, and this time is no exception.

This time, they are both main pilots, each leading a top-performing "student." After completing this mission, the two "students" can sit in the main pilot seat and fly the orbital shuttles.

They have actually graduated and are registered professional astronauts at Navigator Aerospace, but they haven't officially started commercial passenger flights yet, so they are getting more practice.

Now that the time for commercial passenger flights is getting closer and closer, it's time for them to show their skills.

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Ground inspection completed, pilot inspection also completed.

"Ready for takeoff!" Tang Chao said.

"Understood!"

The two orbital shuttles simultaneously spewed out scorching flames on the adjacent two runways, then went from slow to fast. After leaving the runway and taking off, they rushed into space like arrows.

The live broadcast camera faithfully recorded this scene, and it switched to the nearest monitor, making the scene even more spectacular.

The roaring sound and the scene of the two aircraft flying wing-to-wing were very contrasting. When the two aircraft took off at the same time, people only felt a "whoosh," and their hearts seemed to fly with them.

Being so close and taking off together, the distance between the two aircraft hardly changed, which shows the pilots' superb driving skills and tacit cooperation.

No wonder Navigator Company dares to open astronaut training classes and issue graduation certificates. As long as you have a certificate, you can fly the orbital shuttles produced by Navigator Company.

They even want this system to be recognized by all countries.

Navigator Company definitely has a good system for training astronauts!

And those in the know are very envious.

Such tacit understanding is built up with flight time!

There is no shortcut!

Think about manned spaceflight equipment entering and exiting space an unlimited number of times, and it's just to train astronauts. How much does that cost?

This is unimaginable for traditional manned spaceflight equipment.

However, there is one problem...

Even though Navigator Company's orbital shuttles are easier to travel back and forth between space and the ground than ordinary manned rockets, their flight times are still not as good as fighter jets.

If fighter jets want to fly like this, they have to fly various trainer aircraft from the academy, then fly real fighter jets. Finally, they can fly like that after long-term cooperative flights, and by that time, the pilots' flight time has long exceeded thousands of hours.

Even if Navigator Company's requirements are not high this time, just taking off at the same time and ensuring parallel formation flying without doing any difficult maneuvers, the difficulty is not low.

But their astronauts' flight time doesn't add up.

So, what's the problem?

Many people can't figure it out.