I-NASA ethwele imali ivumela ukhenketho lwabucala kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe

I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba ithathe omnye umsebenzi owongezelelweyo ukuhlawula amatyala: ukudlala iindwendwe kubakhenkethi babucala abangena kwi-International Space Station.

I-arhente yendawo, ijikeleza phantsi kobunzima besithembiso sayo sokubuyela eNyangeni ngo-2024, ibhengeze ukuba icandelo layo lesikhululo sendawo livulekele ishishini, elikhoyo ngokuqeshisa koosomajukujuku babucala kunye neenkampani zorhwebo ngokufanayo, ukuqala kwakamsinya nje kulo nyaka uzayo. Abazukuba abathengi kuphela abazokwazi ukufikelela kwindawo - baya kukwazi nokusebenzisa oosomajukujuku beNASA kumsebenzi wabo wentengiso, kwaye basebenzise itekhnoloji yabo ukwenza iiprojekthi zabo - nokuba lumfanekiso wefilimu, intengiso, okanye eyona itheko libiza kakhulu lokuzalwa. .

Ukusetyenziswa kwe-ISS ngekhe kubize, ewe-oko kungoyisa injongo. “Umsebenzi,” ongahlali ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezingama-30, kuya kuthiwa uxabise ngaphezulu kwe-50 yezigidi zeedola. Ngelixa i-NASA izakuthumela kuphela imisebenzi emibini yabucala ngonyaka, imali yongeza ngokukhawuleza kwaye iya kuhamba indlela ende ekugcwaliseni isithuba esandayo esandayo njengoko umdla wolawulo lukaTrump wokubuyela eNyangeni uncipha.

I-NASA izabalazile ukugcina iinkampani zabucala ezinje nge-SpaceX kunye neBlue Origin, engathintelwanga kwaphela kukungabikho kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lukarhulumente kwaye bakhululekile ukuba bathengise yonke into abayenzayo. Kude kube kubhengezwe ngolwe-Lwesine ukuba kuvulwa iingcango ze-ISS zivuleleke (abantu abazizityebi kakhulu), i-NASA ayivumanga nantoni na ngaphandle kwemfundo okanye icandelo lophando ngaphakathi - ngokuqinisekileyo ayizizo iindwendwe zabucala- kwaye ividiyo yayo "yamkelekile" iyaphazamisa.

"Ukwenza uqoqosho oludlamkileyo kumjikelo womhlaba osezantsi ibisoloko iyinto eqhuba kwinkqubo yesikhululo sasemajukujukwini," utshilo usomajukujuku uChristina Koch, ethembisa ukuba iNASA entsha, eyimfihlo yabucala "iya kwenza indawo ifikeleleke kubo bonke abantu baseMelika."

Ngokungafaniyo nemishini yakudala exhaswe ngurhulumente, iNASA entsha nephuculweyo izothumela "oosomajukujuku babucala" kwi-ISS kwiinqwelomoya ezizimeleyo ezixhaswa ngemali ziqhutywa ziinkampani ezinje ngeSpaceX kunye neBoing, zisebenzisa iziphekepheke zaseMelika njengezothutho; I-NASA inethemba lokuba njengoko olu hambo lusiya rhoqo, abaqhubi bazo baya kuphuhlisa itekhnoloji engcono kunye nexabiso eliphantsi.

Ekugqibeleni, i-NASA icebisa ukuba, i-ISS iyakuba yindawo nje yokuhamba eya kuthotho "lweendlela" ezidada kufutshane neNyanga kunye noMars kamva, kwaye baceba ukwenza ukuba izibuko elinye le-ISS lifumaneke kwiinkampani zabucala ngeenjongo zorhwebo, ngethemba lokudala ukudalwa kwamashumi "ezithuba zabucala zabucala" kwi-Orbit yoMhlaba esezantsi.

Inzame ye-NASA yokuqulunqa isicwangciso sokubuyela eNyangeni ngo-2024 ngaphandle kokuzithengisa kwelona bhaso liphezulu laphazanyiswa laza latshiswa kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwanyanzeleka ukuba kurhoxe emsebenzini umncedisi okhethekileyo weprojekthi uMark Sirangelo emva kokuba iCongress yenqabile ukubonelela ngearhente ngemali ebekuya kufuneka ukufikelela eNyangeni.

Kodwa ngaphandle kobuso obukhaliphile obuyintloko ye-NASA uJim Bridenstine ubeke i-NASA entsha, eyabucala, uyaqhubeka nokuthintela nakuphi na uqikelelo lweendleko zeprojekthi, kunye nesikali sentengiso ye-crass ayamkele ngequbuliso-evumela iinkampani ukuba zithenge amalungelo okuxela iirokethi, umzekelo -Ubonisa ukuba inani likhulu ngokwenene.

Engabonakali kakuhle kwikamva lenkqubo njengoko, ngokutya kwakhe ku-Twitter, uMongameli uTrump sele enesithukuthezi ngeNyanga kwaye uye waya eMars.