Hensen remained silent for the liftoff procedure, for which you didn't have to do much. While piloting lessons had instructed you how to compensate for gravitational pull and bad weather, this ship was equipped to do all that by itself. When you'd left orbit and put the thing on autopilot you basically had two hours of waiting while the ship flew itself.

 "I'm sorry the job isn't much more excited than this." Hensen said, watching you. "It's just that I'm not old enough to fly myself yet and our regular pilot's got the day off, so..."