I-Virgin Galactic ka-Richard Branson ekugcineni ithole indawo yokuhlala unomphela e-Spaceport America eNew Mexico, ilungiselela ukwethulwa kwe-suborbital yezentengiselwano yabacebile abacebile. I-futuristic spaceport ibithule kancane futhi ingenamuntu kusukela yavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-2011.
I-New Mexico yazibeka engcupheni yokwakha lesi sakhiwo esihlinzeka ngenkonzo ephelele phakathi nogwadule, yakhela phezu kwesithembiso sika-Virgin Galactic sokuvakasha emkhathini. Le nkampani bekulindeleke ukuthi ibe ngumqashi wokuqala nobalulekile. Izinhlelo ze-Virgin, nokho, zimile ngenxa yezingqinamba, okuhlanganisa nokufa ngesikhathi indiza yokuhlolwa ngo-2014.
Kodwa engqungqutheleni yezindaba yakamuva eSanta Fe, inhloko-dolobha yaseNew Mexico, uMnu. Branson, i-Virgin Galactic Chief Executive uGeorge Whitesides kanye noMbusi uMichelle Lujan Grisham bamemezele ukuphela kwesikhathi eside sokulinda.
“Manje ekugcineni sesilungele ukuletha ulayini wasemkhathini osezingeni lomhlaba,” u-Richard Branson, egqoke ijakhethi yakhe evamile kanye nejini eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, etshela isixuku esincane. "I-Virgin Galactic iza ekhaya eNew Mexico, futhi kuyenzeka manje." Kuze kube manje, iningi lemisebenzi ye-Virgin Galactic, okuhlanganisa nezindiza zayo zokuhlola, zenzeke endaweni e-Mojave Desert eningizimu yeCalifornia.
UMnu Branson uthe unethemba lokuthi uzokwenza indiza yakhe yokuqala emkhathini ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2019. Uphinde wavuma ukuthi esikhathini esizayo iVirgin izokwazi ukuthumela abantu eNyangeni. “Siqala ngokuthumela abantu emkhathini,” usho kanje. “Uma siqinisile emcabangweni wokuthi kunezinkulungwane zabantu abacebile abangathanda ukuya emkhathini, khona-ke sizokwenza inzuzo eyanele ukuze sidlulele ezinyathelweni ezilandelayo, njengokuthi mhlawumbe sidale ihhotela iVirgin emzileni ozungeza inyanga. ”
UGeorge Whitesides uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-Virgin Galactic ihlose ukuvula izindiza zabagibeli zezentengiselwano phakathi kwezinyanga eziyi-12 ezizayo. Abagibeli ababili ababengase babe ngabagibeli ababebhukhe amathikithi ku-Virgin eminyakeni eminingi edlule bahambele umcimbi owawuseSanta Fe. Masikhumbule: ngoFebhuwari, umkhumbi we-Virgin Galactic wethulwa okokuqala ngqa enomgibeli ebhodini - ofundisa indiza uBeth Moses.
Kodwa-ke, ngaphansi kwamahora angama-XNUMX ngaphambili, imbangi iBlue Origin ithe inethemba lokuthi izokwethula izivakashi zokuqala emkhathini ngerokhethi yayo i-New Shepard ekupheleni konyaka. Le nkampani, ephethwe umsunguli we-Amazon, uJeff Bezos, iphinde yembula ukwakheka kwendawo yayo yenyanga futhi yamemezela isifiso sayo sokuthumela izigidi zabantu ngaphesheya koMhlaba. Umsunguli we-SpaceX u-Elon Musk wagxumela kuleli thuba .
Source: 3dnews.ru