Inkampani yokhenketho lweSpace i-Space Adventures ibhengeze isivumelwano kunye ne-SpaceX ukuthumela abantu kwi-orbit ephezulu kune-International Space Station.
Upapasho lwe-Space Adventures luthi iinqwelomoya ziyakuqhutywa kwisiphekepheke esilingwa ngokuzimeleyo esibizwa ngokuba yiCrew Dragon, eya kuthwala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-4 abantu.
Inqwelomoya yokuqala ingenzeka ekupheleni kuka-2021. Ubude bayo buya kuba ziintsuku ezintlanu. Ngaphambi kokuba inqwelomoya iqalise, abakhenkethi basemajukujukwini kuya kufuneka bafumane uqeqesho lweeveki eziliqela eUnited States.
I-Crew Dragon iya kuphehlelela kwi-rocket ye-SpaceX Falcon 9 esuka eCape Canaveral eFlorida, kuqikelelwa ukuba ivela kwi-Launch Complex 39A kwi-Kennedy Space Centre.
I-Space Adventures yathi i-Crew Dragon iya kufikelela kwi-orbit kabini ukuya kathathu phezulu kune-ISS, elingana neemayile ezimalunga nama-500 ukuya kuma-750 (iikhilomitha ezingama-805 ukuya kwi-1207) ngaphezulu koMhlaba. Abakhenkethi be-Space "baya kuphula irekhodi lokuphakama kwehlabathi kummi wabucala kwaye baya kukwazi ukubona iplanethi yoMhlaba ngokwembono engazange ibonwe ukususela kwiprogram yeGemini," yatsho inkampani kwingxelo.
Khumbula ukuba ngexesha lokuhamba kwenqwelo-moya ye-Gemini 11 njengenxalenye ye-Project Gemini mission ngo-1966, irekhodi yamiselwa ukuba ibe kwi-elliptical orbit kwindawo yokuphakama kweekhilomitha ezingama-850 ngaphezu koMhlaba.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru