Imbali yenziwe e-Bahamas malunga ne-6: 29 PM ET izolo njengoko i-SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster yafika ngempumelelo kwi-droneship ezimeleyo kunxweme lwe-Exumas. Kumboniso ophefumlayo wokuqamba izinto ezintsha, iziqithi elangeni zaba yindawo yokuqala yokusingwa yamazwe ngamazwe ukwamkela i-SpaceX rocket landing. Abahlali baseBahamas, abahlali, kunye nabathandi bendawo kwihlabathi liphela babukele bemangalisiwe njengoko isiganeko esibalulekileyo sasisenzeka ngexesha lokwenyani-isiqalo nje sentsebenziswano phakathi kwe-Bahamas kunye ne-SpaceX, kunye ne-19 yokuhlalisa okunye okuza kulandela.
I-Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investment and Aviation (BMOTIA) ibambe igqiza lamagosa ase-Bahamian kunye neendwendwe ezikhethekileyo, ekhokelwa yiNkulumbuso, uMhlonishwa. Phillip E. Davis kunye noSekela-Nkulumbuso kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uTyalo-mali kunye noPhapho, uMhlonishwa. I. Chester Cooper eCape Eleuthera Resort nase Marina ukuze babone umsitho. Ukufika okuyimpumelelo kuqaqambisa amandla amakhulu oshishino lwasesibhakabhakeni olukhulayo kunye nokufikeleleka kwalo kubaphulaphuli ababanzi.
Inkulumbuso uDavis ubonakalise impumelelo ephawulekayo, egxininisa ukuzingca kunye nomnqweno wabantu baseBahamian: "Le nto iyimbali ibeka isizwe sethu njengendawo yehlabathi jikelele yokhenketho kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe. Njengoko sasityhala imida emitsha, samkela ihlabathi ukuba libonelele ngokuyila izinto ezintsha ngasemva kwenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo eMhlabeni. Ukuhla kwerokhethi yayizolo kuphinde kwaqinisekisa ukuba iBahamas ayisiyondawo yobuhle kuphela, kodwa ikwayinto entsha kunye namathuba angenasiphelo kwikamva lokuhlola nokufumanisa.”
UDPM Cooper wongezelele:
"Namhlanje sisiqalo sokhenketho lwaseBahamian, esizisa umhlaba elunxwemeni lwethu."
“Isibhengezo semisebenzi, sikhuthaza uqoqosho lwethu. I-launchpad yemfundo, ekhuthaza abantu abancinci baseBahamas ukuba bafikelele kwiinkwenkwezi. Ukhenketho lwasemajukujukwini lulapha. Ukusungula kulapha. Ikamva lilapha eBahamas.”
Lo msitho ububandakanya iindwendwe ezibekekileyo, abaphathiswa beKhabhinethi, amalungu epalamente, amalungu asekuhlaleni eofisi ye-BMOTIA Eleuthera kunye nabahlali. U-Bahamian-American Aisha Bowe, owayesakuba yisazinzulu seNASA kunye noMseki we-STEMBoard kunye ne-CEO, odlale indima ebalulekileyo ekusekeni iiprothokholi zendawo e-Bahamas, wayekho xa efika. Intsebenziswano yakhe kunye ne-SpaceX igxininisa ukubaluleka kobudlelwane bamazwe ngamazwe ekuqhubeleni phambili ukuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha zokuhamba kunye namathuba kwiinkalo ze-STEM. I-Bahamas kunye ne-SpaceX zisebenza kunye ukuphucula imfundo enxulumene ne-STEM yasekhaya ukunceda ukukhuthaza isizukulwana esilandelayo sabafundi. Kwiinzame zokuxhasa oku, i-SpaceX iya kunika i-1 yezigidi zeerandi kwiYunivesithi yaseBahamas kwimfundo ye-STEM.
Umphathiswa wezozakuzo wase-US uKimberly Furnish uthe: “Njengokuba iUnited States isenza nzulu ukuzibandakanya kwayo kwiNtshona yeHemisphere, ndinochulumanco ukubhiyozela enye impumelelo engakholelekiyo yamazwe ethu amabini-ukuqala kokufika kwehlabathi kwe-SpaceX Falcon 9 kanye apha eBahamas. Oku ayisiyiyo indawo yokufika nje, sisiqalo sentsebenziswano enkulu ngakumbi phakathi kwezizwe zethu ezimbini kwisayensi, itekhnoloji kunye nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Andithandabuzi ukuba esi sisiqalo sezinto ezinkulu ezizayo.”
Ukufika okuyimpumelelo kulindeleke ukuba kungenise ixesha elitsha lokhenketho lwasesibhakabhakeni, kubekwe iBahamas njengendawo ephambili yokusingwa kwabo bathanda indawo kunye nabafuna i-adventure ngokufanayo. Umsitho oyimbali awubonisi nje ubuchule betekhnoloji ye-SpaceX kodwa kunye nesibheno esikhethekileyo se-Bahamas njengendawo yokusingwa yamava omhlaba.
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