IBlue Origin, eyasungulwa nguJeff Bezos, isahlela ukusebenza embonini yezokuvakasha emkhathini isebenzisa irokhethi yayo iNew Shepard. Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi kokuthi abagibeli bokuqala bandize, inkampani izokwenza okungenani izivivinyo ezimbili ezengeziwe ngaphandle kwezisebenzi.
I-Blue Origin ifake isicelo sendiza yayo elandelayo yokuhlola ne-Federal Communications Commission kuleli sonto. Ngokwemininingwane etholakalayo, lokhu kwethulwa kokuhlolwa ngeke kwenzeke ngaphambi kukaNovemba walo nyaka. Ngaphambilini, i-Blue Origin isivele iqedile ukuhlola izindiza eziyishumi. Nokho-ke izinto azikakafiki ezingeni lokwethulwa komkhumbi-mkhathi onabagibeli. Inkampani iqale yamemezela ukuthi abagibeli bokuqala bazongena emkhathini ngo-2018. Ukwethulwa kwabantu emkhathini kwahlehliselwa unyaka ka-2019, kodwa uma iBlue Origin yenza okungenani ezinye izivivinyo ezimbili, mancane amathuba okuthi abavakashi bokuqala basemkhathini bangene ku-zero gravity kulo nyaka.
Isikhulu seBlue Origin uBob Smith ukuqinisekisile ukuthi inkampani izama ukwenza indiza ezayo iphephe ngangokunokwenzeka. "Kufanele siqaphele futhi siqaphele ngazo zonke izinhlelo okudingeka sizihlole," kusho uBob Smith.
Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi iBlue Origin ihlela ukuthumela izivakashi emkhathini, isifiso sabo sokwenza indiza iphephe ngangokunokwenzeka siyaqondakala. Ezinye izinkampani embonini yokwethulwa kwezinto ezisemkhathini, njenge-Boeing ne-SpaceX, ziye zabhekana nezinselele ezifanayo futhi zisesigabeni sokuhlola semikhumbi-mkhathi yazo.
Source: 3dnews.ru