I-MOJAVE, Calif. - I-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ibhengeze kwi-press ye-Netherlands ukuba baqala ubudlelwane obutsha kunye ne-Space Experience Curacao (SXC). I-KLM iya kuxhasa iinqwelomoya ze-suborbital ezizayo ngokuthenga, ukubandakanywa kwinkqubo yabo yeflaya rhoqo, ukufakwa kwiiphakheji zeholide ze-KLM ezizayo kwiCuracao, kunye nenye inkxaso eseza kubizwa ngegama. Iinqwelomoya ziya kwenziwa kwi-XCOR Lynx suborbital spacecraft.

Kwinyanga ephelileyo i-SXC kunye ne-XCOR Aerospace ngokudibeneyo babhengeze injongo ye-SXC yokuqeshisa inguqulelo yemveliso yesiphekepheke se-Lynx suborbital, ilindele imvume karhulumente wase-United States yokumisa isithuthi kwisiqithi saseCuracao e-Netherlands Antilles. Ngomhla ocwangcisiweyo wokuqalisa ngoJanuwari 2014 i-SXC kwaye ngoku i-KLM izakuthengisa kwaye ithengise iinqwelomoya. I-XCOR iza kubonelela ngenkxaso yokusebenza kwesithuthi kwi-Space Port Curacao.

Kwiphepha elingaphambili le-De Telegraaf, elona phephandaba lisasazwayo laseDatshi, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba se-KLM uPeter Hartman uthe ngobudlelwane obutsha kunye ne-suborbital spaceflight: "Yiprojekthi entle kakhulu ehambelana ngokupheleleyo nomoya wobuvulindlela we-KLM." Le mbali ibandakanya ukusebenza kweyona nkonzo yomoya inde kakhulu ecwangcisiweyo kwihlabathi lonke ngeminyaka yoo-1920, kunye nokuvula inkonzo yabo yokuqala ye-transatlantic ngo-1934 phakathi kweAmsterdam neCuracao.

Umseki we-SXC kunye nowayesakuba yiNtloko yoMkhosi woMoya waseRoyal Netherlands uBen Droste ubhekisele kuphononongo kunye nomoya worhwebo amaDatshi awubonakalisileyo ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane ezintlanu kwaye waphawula ukongezwa kwawo okusengqiqweni kwindawo. “Le yiprojekthi ehambelana ngokupheleleyo nesiko lethu leVOC (iVereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, eyaziwa ngokuba yiDutch East India Company). AmaDatshi aye atyhutyha ngokunempumelelo iilwandle zehlabathi, aba ngoovulindlela imigama emide ngenqwelo-moya, yaye ngoku sele ejonge emajukujukwini.”

I-CEO ye-XCOR, uJeff Greason uthe, “I-XCOR yonwabe kakhulu kukuba ulwamkelo lwemalike yeLynx lukhula ngokukhawuleza. Indlela yethu yokuhamba esibhakabhakeni ibonelela ngokulula, ubume bexabiso eliphantsi, ubuntununtunu bokusingqongileyo, imbali yofezekiso, kunye nolonwabo olufunwa ngabathengi kwinkampani yabo yesiphekepheke. "

I-XCOR Aerospace yinkampani yaseCalifornia ebekwe eMojave, eCalifornia. Inkampani ikwishishini lokuphuhlisa kunye nokuvelisa iimoto ezikhuselekileyo, ezithembekileyo kunye nezisebenzisekayo zerocket, iinkqubo zokuqhubela phambili, iikhompositi ezihambele phambili ezingatshiyo kunye nobunye ubugcisa obuvumelayo. I-XCOR isebenza neekontraka eziphambili kwi-aerospace kunye nabathengi bakarhulumente kwiinkqubo ezinkulu zokuqhubela phambili, kwaye kwangaxeshanye isakha iLynx, isitulo esilingwayo, esizitulo ezibini, esinokuphinda sisetyenziswe ngokupheleleyo, isithuthi esinerokhethi engamanzi esisuka sime ngokuthe tye. Iimodeli zeLynx zemveliso (ezichongiweyo uLynx Mark II) ziyilelwe ukuba zomelele, iimoto zemishini yezorhwebo ezininzi ezikwaziyo ukubhabha ukuya kwi-100+ km ukuphakama ukuya kuthi ga kane ngosuku kwaye zibonelelwa ngesiseko sokuqeshisa esimanzi.

I-Space Experience Curacao (SXC) yasekwa kwi-2008 ukukhokela ihlabathi ekuboneleleni ngeendawo zokuthengisa indawo yokuthengisa kunye neenkonzo ze-flight suborbital ezivela kwisiqithi saseCaribbean saseCuracao. I-SXC ijonge ukubonelela ngeenqwelomoya zokhenketho ezisemajukujukwini kunye nemishini yophando lwezenzululwazi ephuma kwi-Space Port Curacao. I-SXC ikhokelwa ngabaseki bayo ababini kunye nabaPhathiswayo abaLawulayo, owayesakuba yiNtloko ye-Royal Netherlands Air Force, uBen Droste kunye nomqhubi we-Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16, uHarry van Hulten.

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Last month SXC and XCOR Aerospace jointly announced the intent of SXC to lease a production version of the Lynx suborbital spacecraft, pending United States government approvals to station the vehicle on the island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles.
SXC Founder and former Royal Netherlands Air Force Chief of Staff Ben Droste referred to the exploration and entrepreneurial spirit the Dutch have demonstrated for over five centuries and noted their logical extension to space.
The Lynx production models (designated Lynx Mark II) are designed to be robust, multi-commercial mission vehicles capable of flying to 100+ km in altitude up to four times per day and are being offered on a wet lease basis.