There is no way you can stretch suspension of belief that far, not even for Star Wars.
If it takes a certain amount of time for a heat shielded engine propelled lump of metal to get into the centre of the station, an unshielded, unpropelled (other than gravity) lump of meat has to take at least as long, at least (that's stretching belief to fantastic degrees as it is, any further and you lose the audience in a Midi-chlorian sense).
Even the most fantastical tale has to follow it's own internal logic.
Sure you don't have to have someone pop up and explain that on screen but when repairing things like matte paintings that are utter nonsense you have to bear it in mind.