Izinkontileka zisayinwe nabavakashi basemkhathini okuhlelelwe ukuthi indiza yabo izoba ngonyaka ozayo. I-RIA Novosti ibika lokhu, icaphuna imininingwane etholwe ehhovisi elimele iRussia le-Space Adventures.
Masikhumbule ukuthi i-Space Adventures kanye ne-Roscosmos bebebambisana emkhakheni wezokuvakasha emkhathini kusukela ngo-2001, lapho isivakashi sokuqala sasemkhathini, u-Dennis Tito, endizela e-International Space Station (ISS).
Izivumelwano manje ezisayiniwe zihlinzeka ngokuthumela osomkhathi ababili okungebona ochwepheshe ku-orbit. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni, kulindeleke ukuthi indiza yezivakashi ezimbili izohlelwa ngesikhathi esisodwa, ezondizela ku-ISS kanye ne-cosmonaut enolwazi - umphathi womkhumbi.
Abavakashi bazongena emkhathini ngomkhumbi-mkhathi waseRussia i-Soyuz. Amagama abo azodalulwa cishe unyaka ngaphambi kokuqala okuhleliwe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi indiza izokwenzeka ngaphambi kwekota yesithathu ka-2021.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Space Adventures kanye ne-Energia Rocket and Space Corporation eqanjwe ngalo. S.P. Korolev (ingxenye ye-Roscosmos state corporation) muva nje ukuthumela ezinye izivakashi ezimbili ku-ISS. Ngaphezu kwalokho, omunye wabo uzokwenza uhambo lwasemkhathini okokuqala ngqa emlandweni: lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngo-2023.
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Source: 3dnews.ru