ʻO Richard Branson ʻo Virgin Galactic ka mea i loaʻa i kahi home paʻa ma Spaceport America ma New Mexico, e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā suborbital pāʻoihana no nā mea hoʻokele waiwai. Ua noho mālie a mehameha ka futuristic spaceport mai ka wā i wehe mua ʻia ai i ka makahiki 2011.
Ua lawe ʻo New Mexico i ka pilikia o ke kūkulu ʻana i kēia hale lawelawe piha i waenakonu o ka wao nahele, e kūkulu ana ma luna o ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a Virgin Galactic no ka mākaʻikaʻi ākea. Ua manaʻo ʻia e lilo kēia ʻoihana i mea hoʻolimalima mua. ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻana o Virgin, ua paʻa naʻe ma muli o nā hemahema, me kahi mea make i ka wā o kahi lele hoʻāʻo ma 2014.
Akā, ma kahi hālāwai nūhou ma Santa Fe, ke kapikala o New Mexico, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Mr. Branson, Virgin Galactic Luna Nui ʻo George Whitesides a me ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Michelle Lujan Grisham i ka pau ʻana o ka manawa kali lōʻihi.
"I kēia manawa ua mākaukau mākou e hāʻawi i kahi laina ākea honua," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Richard Branson, i ʻaʻahu ʻia i kona ʻaʻahu maʻamau a me nā jeans uliuli, i ka lehulehu liʻiliʻi. "E hoʻi mai ana ʻo Virgin Galactic i New Mexico, a ke hana nei ia i kēia manawa." A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hana a Virgin Galactic, me kāna mau huakaʻi hoʻāʻo, ua hana ʻia ma kahi hale ma ka Desert Mojave ma ka hema o Kaleponi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Branson ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hana i kāna lele mokulele mua ma mua o ka hopena o 2019. Ua ʻae pū ʻo ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana e hiki iā Virgin ke hoʻouna i nā kānaka i ka Moon. "Hoʻomaka mākou ma ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā poʻe i ka lewa," wahi āna. "Inā pololei mākou i ka manaʻo he mau kaukani ka poʻe waiwai e makemake ana e hele i ka lewa, a laila e loaʻa iā mākou ka waiwai kūpono no ka neʻe ʻana i nā ʻanuʻu e hiki mai ana, e like me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hōkele Virgin ma orbit a puni ka mahina. ”
Ua ʻike pū ʻo George Whitesides ua manaʻo ʻo Virgin Galactic e wehe i nā mokulele mokulele suborbital i loko o nā mahina he 12 e hiki mai ana. ʻElua mau kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa i nā tiketi me Virgin i nā makahiki he nui aku nei i hele i ka hanana ma Santa Fe. E hoʻomanaʻo kākou: i Pepeluali, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi moku Virgin Galactic no ka manawa mua me kahi kaʻa ma luna o ka moku - kumu aʻo lele ʻo Beth Moses.
Ma ke ala, ma lalo o XNUMX mau hola ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻokūkū Blue Origin ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻolauna i nā mākaʻikaʻi mua i ka lewa ma kāna rocket New Shepard i ka hopena o ka makahiki. ʻO ka hui, nona ka Amazon hoʻokumu ʻo Jeff Bezos, ua wehe pū i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kāna lander lunar a hoʻolaha i kona makemake e hoʻouna i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma waho o ka Honua. Ua lele ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo SpaceX ʻo Elon Musk i ka manawa .
Source: 3dnews.ru