Ihotele yokuqala yesithuba esimnandi yaziswa namhlanje ngexesha leNgqungquthela ye-Space 2.0 eSan Jose, eCalifornia. Ithiywe emva kokukhanya komlingo okukhanyisela isibhakabhaka esisijikelezileyo soMhlaba, iSikhululo iAurora siphuhliswa yiOrion Span kunye neqela lenkampani lamagqala oshishino lwasemkhathini, abaneminyaka engaphezu kwe-140 yamava oluntu.
Isikhululo sokuqala semodyuli esipheleleyo esakha saqala, iSikhululo saseAurora siya kusebenza njengehotele yokuqala yodidi oluphezulu esithubeni. Ihotele ekhethekileyo iya kubamba abantu abathandathu ngexesha - kuquka namalungu amabini abasebenzi. Abakhenkethi basemajukujukwini baya konwabela amava kasomajukujuku okuyinyani ngokupheleleyo, kanye-ebomini bonke kunye ne-adventure engaqhelekanga ngexesha lohambo lwabo lweentsuku ezili-12, ukuqala kwi-9.5 yezigidi zeedola ngomntu ngamnye. Iidiphozithi ngoku zamkelwe ukuba zihlale kwixesha elizayo kwiSikhululo sase-Aurora, esimiselwe ukuqaliswa ekupheleni kwe-2021 kwaye ibambe iindwendwe zayo zokuqala kwi-2022. Idiphozithi i-$ 80,000 ngomntu ngamnye.
“Siphuhlise isikhululo iAurora ukuze sibonelele ngendawo yokuya esithubeni. Ukusungulwa, isiKhululo sase-Aurora singena enkonzweni ngoko nangoko, izisa abahambi emajukujukwini ngokukhawuleza nangexabiso eliphantsi kunanini na ngaphambili, ngelixa sisabonelela ngamava angenakulibaleka, utshilo uFrank Bunger, igosa eliyintloko kunye nomseki weOrion Span. "I-Orion Span iphinde yathatha oko bekukade kuyimbali yoqeqesho lweenyanga ezingama-24 ukulungiselela abahambi ukuba batyelele isikhululo sasemajukujukwini kwaye bahlengahlengise ukuya kwiinyanga ezintathu, ngexabiso elincinci. Injongo yethu kukwenza ukuba indawo ifikeleleke kubo bonke, ngokuqhubeka nokuqhuba ixabiso elikhulu ngexabiso eliphantsi.”
Ngexesha lokuhlala kwabo kwisikhululo sase-Aurora, abahambi bayakonwabela ukonwaba komxhuzulane we-zero kwaye babhabhe ngokukhululekileyo kwiSikhululo sase-Aurora, bajonge emantla nakumazantsi e-aurora ngeefestile ezininzi, benyuka phezu kweedolophu zabo, bathathe inxaxheba kuvavanyo lophando olunjengokulima ukutya ngelixa i-orbit (abanokuthi bagoduke nayo njengesona sikhumbuzo sokugqibela), bayonwabela amava okwenyani kwiholodeck, kwaye bahlale benxibelelana okanye bahlale ngokusasaza nabantu ababathandayo ukubuyela ekhaya ngofikelelo lwe-Intanethi olunesantya esiphezulu. Ngelixa usemajukujukwini, iindwendwe zesiKhululo sase-Aurora ziya kubhabha iimayile ezingama-200 ngaphezulu komphezulu woMhlaba kwi-Low Earth Orbit, okanye i-LEO, apho ziya kufumana iimbono ezimangalisayo zomhlaba. Ihotele iya kujikeleza uMhlaba rhoqo ngemizuzu engama-90, okuthetha ukuba abo bakhweleyo baya kubona umndilili wokuphuma kwelanga kunye nokutshona kwelanga eli-16 rhoqo kwiiyure ezingama-24. Ukubuyela eMhlabeni, iindwendwe ziya kunikwa iqhawe elamkelekileyo ekhaya.
Ngaphambi kokuhamba, abo bamiselwe ukuhamba kwiSikhululo sase-Aurora bayakonwabela iSiqinisekiso seenyanga ezintathu se-Orion Span Astronaut (OSAC). Inqanaba lokuqala lenkqubo yoqinisekiso lwenziwa kwi-intanethi, lwenza uhambo lwendawo lube lula kunangaphambili. Inxalenye elandelayo iya kugqityezelwa ngokobuqu kwiziko le-Orion Span elikwinqanaba eliphezulu loqeqesho eHouston, eTexas. Isatifikethi sokugqibela sigqityiwe ngexesha lokuhlala komhambi kwisikhululo saseAurora.
“Isikhululo saseAurora siguquguquka ngendlela emangalisayo kwaye sinosetyenziso oluninzi ngaphaya kokusebenza njengehotele,” wongeze watsho uBunger. “Siza kubonelela ngee-charter ezipheleleyo kwii-arhente zasemajukujukwini ezijonge ukufikelela ebantwini kwi-orbit ngeqhezu leendleko – kwaye bahlawule kuphela oko bakusebenzisayo. Siya kuxhasa uphando lomxhuzulane oluthi zero, ngokunjalo nasekwenzeni amajukujuku. Uyilo lwethu lwendalo kukuba sinokongeza ngokulula umthamo, okusenza ukuba sikhule ngokwemfuno yentengiso njengesixeko esikhula esibhakabhakeni eMhlabeni. Emva kwexesha siza kuthengisa iimodyuli ezizinikezeleyo njengeekhondomu zehlabathi zokuqala emhlabeni. Abanini bexesha elizayo be-Aurora banokuhlala, bandwendwele, okanye bathengise indawo yabo yokuhlala. Lo ngumda onika umdla kwaye iOrion Span inebhongo ngokuvula indlela.”
I-Orion Span yenze ngokusesikweni isibhengezo seSikhululo sase-Aurora ngale ntsasa kwiNgqungquthela ye-Space 2.0 eSan Jose, eCalifornia. Iqela lobunkokeli bale nkampani libandakanya iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko uFrank Bunger, ongusomashishini olandelanayo kunye nomphathi wokuqalisa itekhnoloji ovunyiweyo ngokuqalwa okuninzi phantsi kwebhanti lakhe; IGosa eliPhezulu lobuChwephesha uDavid Jarvis - usomashishini wobomi bonke, injineli ye-spaceflight yabantu, kunye nomphuhlisi wokuhlawula umthwalo onobubanzi kunye nobunzulu kulawulo kunye nokusebenza kweSikhululo samazwe ngamazwe se-Space (ISS); Umyili oyiNtloko uFrank Eichstadt, ongumyili wemizi-mveliso kunye nomyili womhlaba ovunyiweyo ngokuba ngumyili oyintloko kwimodyuli yoShishino lwe-ISS; kunye neGosa eliPhezulu eliSebenzayo uMarv LeBlanc – owayesakuba ngumanejala jikelele kunye nomphathi wenkqubo enamashumi eminyaka yamava esithuba solawulo eqhuba imisebenzi kunye nolawulo lobuthunywa.
