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Several space industry related products are part of the Space Industry product group. These products are mainly used in the production of Cargo Shuttles.
Each Cargo Shuttle includes one Shuttle Fuselage that is the main part of the shuttle and includes its control center. The main part of the shuttles is assembled out of 20 shuttle extensions that make the cargo shuttle into a giant space craft that can move large amounts of cargo, at high speed over large distances.
The shuttle is powered by a set of 10 shuttle engines that allow for maneuvering the shuttle in space and maintain its speed for long distances. All travel between space stations and between space stations and land bases is powered by the shuttle engines.
Liftoff power comes from 20 shuttle boosters that are fired once at launch and provide the power for the shuttle to liftoff and escape gravitation in the first stage of the travel after the launch. When the boosters finish their task, they are ejected from the shuttle and cannot be reused.
When a shuttle lands at a space center anywhere on one of the Simcountry planets, it must be equipped with a new set of 20 boosters to allow for the next launch.
All the space program products use large numbers of shuttle components. These components are produced by shuttle components corporations and can be traded on the international market or on the space industry components market on the Libra space station.
The last product type in this phase, in the space industry group is the shuttle maintenance unit.
This product is used when a cargo shuttle is resupplied at a space center. The shuttle must be fitted with 20 new shuttle boosters, it is maintained by use of 1 shuttle maintenance unit and it is loaded with 30.000 units of solid missile fuel.
The shuttle maintenance unit, shuttle boosters and solid missile fuel units must be available in the country where the shuttle landed. If the products are not available, the shuttle will not be able to prepare for a new mission and will remain stranded.
The corporations that produce the space industry products are all very large and require a large workforce of highly educated professionals. Only countries in game level 5 and 6 can produce these products and these corporations, especially when their quality is upgraded, are extremely profitable.
All the products in the Space Industry Group can be produced and stored. They can be sold on the market and on the Libra space station, with the exception of Cargo Shuttles that are only traded on the Libra space station.
