Ukuhamba esikhaleni kunokonyuka kwintlanganiso yeengqondo kunye nezipaji eDubai kule veki xa iWorld Space Risk Forum idibanisa iinkampani, iifemu zeinshurensi, kunye nabaxhasi bezimali abanomdla wokubhala iihambo ezixhaswa ngemali yabucala kwi-orbit.
Imvumelwano, batsho abaququzeleli beforamu, kukuba ukuhamba emajukujukwini kunokuba nokwenzeka kwiminyaka emibini ukuya kwemithathu ezayo.
“Ukhenketho lwendawo luyeza,” yatsho intloko yenkomfa uLaurent Lemaire, owalatha “kutshintsho olusuka kurhulumente uye kwicandelo labucala” ekuqhubeleni phambili uhambo lwasemajukujukwini. Inkampani yakhe, i-Elseco Limited, iqinisekisa ngokuchasene nomngcipheko wasemajukujukwini, umonakalo osusela kukungasebenzi kakuhle kobugcisa ukuya kungquzulwano oluphakathi komoya nenkunkuma yasesithubeni.
Umdla worhwebo esithubeni uvele ngokuyinxenye kwisigqibo sikarhulumente wase-US sokuphungula uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweNASA, olubandakanya isiqwenga seProjekthi yeConstellation.
Izinto eziphambili zenkqubo, ephethe inqwelomoya yabantu, ziye zathatyathelwa indawo ngurhulumente kwiinkampani ezifana neBoeing kunye neLockheed Martin. Oorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle, ngakumbi i-China ne-Indiya, bakhulise iinkqubo zabo ze-space. I-China yasungula i-spaceflight yayo yokuqala ngo-2003, ngelixa i-India icwangcisa eyakhe ngo-2016.
Kodwa iindaba eziphambili kuphuhliso lwe-spaceflight zivela kwiinkampani zabucala, eyona nto iphambili kaSir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. Ngetikiti le-$200,000, abakhweli kwisiphekepheke esiphinda sisebenziseke baya kwenza uhambo lweyure ezi-2 ½ ukuya kwi-obit ephantsi, ngenxa yokungabi nabunzima okunxulumeneyo kunye nokujonga umhlaba ukusuka kwi-50,000 yeenyawo phezulu.
'Uza kugula, uya kushukunyiswa, akuyi kuba mnandi. Kodwa xa uthe cwaka ubone umhlaba uphezulu, mhlawumbi yinto ezalisekisa ngokunzulu,' utshilo uLemaire.
Inkampani ithi amaxabiso azokwehla ngokuhamba kwexesha, evumela oosomajukujuku abaninzi babucala ukuba babhabhe. Kwinkomfa yaseDubai uMongameli we-Virgin Galactic u-Will Whitehorn uthe abantu abangama-330 babhalisile, ubuncinci abangama-20 kubo besuka kwingingqi yeGulf.
U-Abu Dhabi, othathe i-32 yeepesenti kwi-Galactic ye-Virgin nge-280 yezigidi zeedola, unamalungelo engingqi okusingatha i-spaceport kumhlaba we-UAE. Kodwa inkampani ithi, okwangoku, ukusebenza kunye neenqwelo moya ziya kugxila kwikomkhulu eliseNew Mexico.
UKhenketho lwaseMajukujukwini aluyi kuba Ngexabiso eliphantsi
Enye inkampani, i-Excalibur Almaz, ijonge ukuthumela abathengi abahlawulayo ukuya emajukujukwini. Ikhokelwa ngu-Astronaut wase-US u-Leroy Chiao, isithethi kwi-Space Risk Forum, inkampani yayiza kuzisa uphando lwezenzululwazi ebhodini ukunika abakhweli into yokwenza ngexesha lohambo lweentsuku ezintlanu ukuya kwezisixhenxe. Ithegi yexabiso inokuba phezulu kakhulu, xa ithelekiswa nexabiso lezigidi ezingama-35 zeedola zokuhlala iveki enye kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe.
“Elona xabiso liphambili kulo naluphi na uhambo lokuya emajukujukwini yirokethi. Ngelishwa aziphinda zisetyenziswe, kwaye ngoku zixabisa malunga ne-60 yezigidi zeedola. Kuya kuthatha impumelelo kwitekhnoloji yerokhethi ukuthoba iindleko, ”utshilo uChiao uxelele I-ABC News.
Yintoni eqhubele phambili imida yenzululwazi yasemajukujukwini kukuvela kwamabhaso enkuthazo, njengeBhaso le-X lokusungula uphando. Ngo-2004, i-Ansari X Prize yamisela ibhaso le-10 lezigidi zeerandi kwiqela elakha laza laqalisa i-craft ekwaziyo ukwenza iihambo ezininzi esithubeni.
Iqela eliphumeleleyo, elikhokelwa ngumyili we-aerospace u-Burt Rutan kunye ne-techon tycoon u-Paul Allen, bayile into eya kuba ngumzekelo we-shuttle ye-Virgin Galactic. Ukusukela ngoko ukhuphiswano olutsha luye lwabhengezwa, njengeBhaso likaGoogle Lunar X le-30 yezigidi zeedola kwiqela lokuqala labucala lokumisa irobhothi enyangeni kwaye ligqithise imifanekiso emhlabeni.
“Amabhaso adlala indima kwisayensi. Elona xabiso liphezulu kukuba baxhokonxe uluntu ngento eyenzekayo,” utshilo uChiao.
Uvavanyo lweendawo ezixhaswa ngemali yabucala luya kuzinza, utshilo uLaurent Lamierre oyingcali ye-inshurensi yendawo. Itekhnoloji kunye nenkxaso-mali kufuneka yenze inkqubela eyaneleyo ukuze iinkampani zithathe umngcipheko.
“Ukhenketho lwendawo luyinyani,” utshilo. "Kodwa kufuneka sibone ukuba iyabhabha ngenene."
