Only a few minutes later, 'Space Station Launcher 16' was already reaching five miles of altitude. The rocket would not automatically be starting its complex maneuvers to place itself into orbit before at least twenty miles away from land.
As for its passengers, they were both excitedly waiting to get all the way to the 'EOSS', or 'Earth Orbital Spacol Station'. Leyla was trying hard not to let her curiosity take the best of her and monitor the rocket's data.
However, Keith did notice her struggle and expressed while smiling : "If you want to take manual control, go ahead. I won't get mad at you or anything." In any case, he had installed several layers of security in the rocket's computer to prevent any incident.
