Chapter 150: Starry Sky Inn!
"Star Inn, that's the name of Earth's first commercial space station!"
"In the ancient days of Tianxia, the positioning of the inn was equivalent to the current hotel, and people at that time must have looked up at the starry sky, I don't know if they thought about opening the inn into the starry sky."
"Whether the ancients thought about it, we really don't know, but people must think about it now, and just next year, it will become a reality!"
"I said that its monomer pressurized space will be the largest in the world, and you may not believe it, so let's see."
As he spoke, Tang Chao stepped back slightly to the side and let the big screen out.
He pressed the remote control in his hand, the lights of the venue began to dim, and the noun introduction on the big screen behind him was replaced by a promotional CG.
Promote CG such a thing, that is, you get what you pay for.
In the video, the Star Inn is placed in the huge fairing of the Yuanhang rocket, and is sent to space orbit with the sound of a countdown.
In orbit, its solar wings unfurled, and then the camera panned in, and it entered the space station.
The so-called commercial space station, its decoration is very high-grade, there is no scientific research equipment and messy wires of the scientific research space station, so that the space in the Star Inn seems very spacious and concise.
In fact, it's really spacious, because it's divided into spaces, with corridors in the middle and guest rooms on either side.
Based on a comparison of the visitor models, the audience found that the corridors and guest rooms were not small, and each room also had a separate bathroom and portholes facing the earth.
In addition to the private rooms, the Star Inn also has common areas, including a gymnasium, restaurant, observation room, and more.
Finally, the camera came out of the cabin, zoomed farther and farther away, and froze on the photo of the Starry Sky Inn and the earth.
After the promotional video was played, the lights were turned on, and the applause at the scene also rang out.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"
Tang Chao walked up with applause, and the people below were full of curiosity.
The promotional video just now is very exquisite, and the picture quality is good, but some things are not clear.
For example, how big is the Star Inn, and why is it divided into so many cabins?
With so many cabins, there will definitely be a lot of people, but they don't see any transportation, how can tourists live in it when the time comes?
Is it to rent an official manned spacecraft in Tianxia, just like the spaceship that the space tourism used to rent woolly bears?
Or is it an external tender to use the spacecraft of private space companies in other countries?
Or does Star Navigator have its own plans for the design and construction of commercial manned vehicles?
None of this is clear.
There are several commercial space station projects in the world, but other companies plan to be in a few years, and they either have their own spacecraft, or only make space station modules, and then sell them to other space companies.
The Navigator's commercial space station project is a bit strange, indicating that it wants to operate, but it does not have a manned spacecraft, which is actually quite passive.
As long as you cooperate with other companies that have manned spacecraft, you are a bit constrained by others.
This also refers to the woolly bear, Merriken temporarily lost the ability of manned spaceflight, and was pitted by Mao Zi in those years~
A ticket is almost $100 million.
So when Tang Chao stood in the center of the stage again, the reporters below began to ask questions unconsciously.
And one is louder than the other.
"Mr. Tang Chao, how big is the Star Inn?"
"Captain Tang, may I ask the star... Empty heart... Do you have to cooperate with other space companies for the transportation of tourists? ”
"Mr. Tang Chao, can you give an answer?"
"Captain Tang, please ......"
The venue was noisy, Tang Chao raised his hand and pressed it, telling the reporters to be quiet: "You don't have to be in such a hurry, you will be introduced after the promotional video." ”
"If a promotional video makes everything clear, then it's nothing to do with me, don't you want to see the handsome me so much?"
Tang Chao was smiling when he said it, and the audience below also laughed.
He motioned for everyone to be quiet again, and then pressed the button, and the photo of the space station and the Earth became a multi-view of the "Star Inn" with the sun wings unfolded.
"The reason why I'm talking about pressurized space is the largest single space ever built is because it has a diameter of 7 meters, which is larger than Skylab's maximum diameter of 6.7 meters."
"Of course, because this module is so big, the fairing of the Voyage has also become larger, becoming 8 meters in diameter,"
"It's not that long, it's only 25 meters, which can't match the 36 meters that Skylab has in length."
"However, the Star Inn does not need to bring any telescopes and experimental equipment, and there is no long section of the cabin just a passage, so there is more pressurized space, reaching 500 cubic meters, which is a lot more than the more than 360 cubic meters of Skylab."
"And it's not small, with a total weight of 80 tons, which is larger than Skylab's 77 tons......"
Tang Chao pointed to the data and slammed it, telling the truth, comparing Merrican's Skylab.
However, according to Tang Chao, he is not showing off, but with the development of science and technology, it is inevitable that the latter will surpass the former.
But as the latter, he is full of respect for the former, and it is because of the exploration of the former that he has today's achievements!
When the Star Inn is officially operated in the future, as a commercial hotel, the decoration must be carried out, and it is the regular practice of the Earth Hotel to hang some paintings and photos, so he will naturally do it.
He wanted to hang a photo of Skylab in the observation room of the Starry Sky Inn to pay his respects.
As soon as these words came out, the scene burst into warm applause.
Ah, this spirit of not forgetting the predecessors and respecting the explorers is really admirable!
Of course, there are those who don't think so.
"He's showing off! It is the starry sky inn that sets off his skylab, it is an arrogant victor gesture and an insult to us! ”
In one of Merrican's conference rooms, the licking dogs gather again, and Kuna slams the table frantically and roars!
However, the number of people in the conference room this time was obviously larger, and there were people from all fields, including representatives of Poyin and Luoma.
Obviously a very important meeting.
It was already the second day of the press conference, and after reading the news report, he was furious with him and gave him an ultimatum.
He had to find a way to take back the world's attention, so that they would converge on Merrican again, and Merrican would win again.
If not, fuck off!
After scolding, he pointed to the big screen that pressed the pause, and said excitedly to the others: "We can't wait any longer, we have to fight back!" ”
After listening to him, except for a few scientists who frowned and didn't say anything, everyone else shouted to give Tianxia and the navigator a little colour-see-see.
Seeing their performance, Kuna was very satisfied, and first asked the representative of Poyin: "Can the SLS rocket be launched on time?" ”
Representative Po Yin said solemnly: "No problem, it has been transported to the space center, and vertical assembly is underway." ”
Kuna nodded, and asked the representative of Logma, "What about the Orion spaceship?" ”
"It's been sent to the space center, and it's being assembled with the rocket." The representative of Luo Ma also said solemnly.
Hearing this, Kuna's satisfied expression became even stronger, and finally asked Jim, the director of the space agency, who was sitting next to him.
"What about you guys, are the astronauts ready for the mission around the moon?"
"Uh......"
Jim was a little embarrassed.
"Not yet."
Kuna was stunned, "What?!" ”