Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic wachinsinsi akupeza nyumba yokhazikika ku Spaceport America ku New Mexico, akukonzekera kukhazikitsidwa kwa suborbital kwa oyenda olemera. Malo otchedwa futuristic spaceport adakhala chete komanso opanda anthu kuyambira pomwe adatsegulidwanso mu 2011.
New Mexico idayika pachiwopsezo chomanga nyumba yogwirira ntchito yonseyi pakati pa chipululu, ndikumanga lonjezo la Virgin Galactic la zokopa alendo. Kampaniyi ikuyembekezeka kukhala woyamba komanso wofunikira kwambiri. Mapulani a Virgin, komabe, adayimilira chifukwa cha zopinga, kuphatikiza kufa panthawi yoyeserera ndege mu 2014.
Koma pamsonkhano waposachedwa wa atolankhani ku Santa Fe, likulu la New Mexico, Bambo Branson, Virgin Galactic Chief Executive George Whitesides ndi Bwanamkubwa Michelle Lujan Grisham adalengeza kutha kwa nthawi yayitali yodikirira.
βTsopano takonzeka kupereka mzere wamlengalenga wapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi,β Richard Branson, atavala jekete yake yanthawi zonse ndi ma jean abuluu, anauza khamu lalingβonolo. "Virgin Galactic akubwera kunyumba ku New Mexico, ndipo zikuchitika tsopano." Mpaka pano, ntchito zambiri za Virgin Galactic, kuphatikizapo maulendo ake oyesa ndege, zachitika pamalo omwe ali m'chipululu cha Mojave kumwera kwa California.
A Branson adati akuyembekeza kuti apanga ndege yake yoyamba kumapeto kwa 2019. Anavomerezanso kuti m'tsogolomu Virgin adzatha kutumiza anthu ku Mwezi. "Timayamba ndi kutumiza anthu mumlengalenga," adatero. "Ngati tikulondola poganiza kuti pali anthu olemera masauzande ambiri omwe angafune kupita kumlengalenga, ndiye kuti tipanga phindu lokwanira kuti tipitirire kunjira zina, monga kupanga hotelo ya Virgin mozungulira mwezi. β
George Whitesides adanenanso kuti Virgin Galactic akufuna kutsegulira maulendo apandege okwera ndege m'miyezi 12 ikubwerayi. Apaulendo awiri omwe adakwera nawo omwe adasungitsa matikiti ndi Virgin zaka zambiri zapitazo adachita nawo mwambowu ku Santa Fe. Tiyeni tikumbukire: mu February, sitima ya Virgin Galactic idakhazikitsidwa koyamba ndi wokwera m'bwalo - mlangizi wa ndege Beth Moses.
Mwa njira, pasanathe maola XNUMX m'mbuyomo, mpikisano wa Blue Origin adati akuyembekeza kuyambitsa alendo oyamba mumlengalenga pa roketi yake ya New Shepard kumapeto kwa chaka. Kampaniyo, ya woyambitsa Amazon Jeff Bezos, idavumbulutsanso mapangidwe ake obwera mwezi ndikulengeza kuti akufuna kutumiza mamiliyoni a anthu kupyola Padziko Lapansi. Woyambitsa SpaceX Elon Musk adalumphira pamwayi .
Source: 3dnews.ru