URichard Branson obambe ngasese i-Virgin Galactic ekugqibeleni ufumana ikhaya elisisigxina kwi-Spaceport America eNew Mexico, elungiselela ukuqaliswa kwe-suborbital yorhwebo kubantu abazizityebi. Isiphekepheke sexesha elizayo sithe cwaka kwaye singenamntu ukusukela oko savulwa ngokusesikweni ngo-2011.
INew Mexico ithathe umngcipheko wokwakha le ndawo inenkonzo epheleleyo embindini wentlango, isakha phezu kwesithembiso sikaVirgin Galactic sokhenketho lwendawo. Le nkampani bekulindeleke ukuba ibe ngowokuqala kunye nomqeshi ophambili. Izicwangciso ze-Virgin, nangona kunjalo, ziye zayeka ngenxa yezithintelo, kubandakanywa nokufa ngexesha lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngo-2014.
Kodwa kwinkomfa yeendaba yamva nje eSanta Fe, ikomkhulu laseNew Mexico, uMnu. Branson, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weGalactic uGeorge Whitesides kunye noRhuluneli uMichelle Lujan Grisham babhengeze ukuphela kwexesha elide lokulinda.
βNgoku ekugqibeleni sikulungele ukuhambisa isiphekepheke esikumgangatho wehlabathi,β uRichard Branson, enxibe ibhatyi yakhe yesiqhelo kunye nejini ezuba, uxelele isihlwele esincinci. "Intombi enyulu Galactic iza ekhaya eNew Mexico, kwaye iyenzeka ngoku." Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uninzi lwemisebenzi yeVirgin Galactic, kubandakanywa neenqwelomoya zayo zovavanyo, zenzeke kwindawo ekwiNtlango yaseMojave kumazantsi eCalifornia.
Umnumzana Branson uthe unethemba lokuthatha inqwelomoya yakhe yokuqala phambi kokuphela kuka-2019. Kwakhona wavuma ukuba kwixesha elizayo iNtombikazi iya kukwazi ukuthumela abantu eNyangeni. βSiqala ngokuthumela abantu emajukujukwini,β utshilo. βUkuba sichanekile kwingcinga yokuba kukho amawakawaka abantu abazizityebi abangathanda ukuya emajukujukwini, siya kwenza inzuzo eyaneleyo ukuze siqhubele phambili kumanyathelo alandelayo, njengokwenza ihotele yaseVirgin kwi-orbit ejikeleze inyanga. β
UGeorge Whitesides uphinde waphawula ukuba i-Virgin Galactic inenjongo yokuvula iinqwelomoya ze-suborbital zabakhweli kwiinyanga ezizayo ze-12. Abantu ababini abanokuba ngabakhweli ababebhukishe amatikiti kuVirgin kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo bazimase umsitho owawuseSanta Fe. Masikhumbule: ngoFebruwari, inqanawa ye-Virgin Galactic yasungulwa okokuqala kunye nomkhweli okhweleyo - umhlohli wokubhabha uBeth Moses.
Ngendlela, ngaphantsi kweeyure ezingama-XNUMX ngaphambili, imbangi yeBlue Origin yathi inethemba lokuphehlelela abakhenkethi bokuqala emajukujukwini kwirokethi yayo entsha yeShepard ekupheleni konyaka. Inkampani, ephethwe ngumsunguli we-Amazon uJeff Bezos, iphinde yatyhila uyilo lwenyanga yayo kwaye yabhengeza umnqweno wayo wokuthumela izigidi zabantu ngaphaya koMhlaba. Umseki we-SpaceX uElon Musk uye watsibela eli thuba .
umthombo: 3dnews.ru