IVeteran NASA usomajukujuku uBarry “Butch” uWilmore uzokujoyina oosomajukujuku uMike Fincke kunye noNicole Mann kwiNASA ye-Boeing Crew Flight Test, inqwelo moya yokuqala yokuvulwa kweCST-100 Starliner ephehlelela kwi-International Space Station ngo-2021.
UWilmore uzakuthatha indawo yoosomajukujuku u-Boeing uChris Ferguson kuvavanyo lwenqwelomoya njengenxalenye yeNkqubo ye-NASA yoRhwebo. UFerguson wagqiba ekubeni angabhabhisi ngenxa yezizathu zakhe.
UWilmore ebeziqeqesha ecaleni kunye neqela labasebenzi ukusukela oko wabizwa njengesixhobo esikhuselekileyo sazo zonke izikhundla zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngoJulayi 2018. Ngoku uzakususa ingqwalaselo yakhe ngokukodwa kwimisebenzi yomlawuli wesiphekepheke ukulungiselela inqwelomoya eya kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini. Indiza yenzelwe ukuvavanya amandla okuphela kokuphela kwenkqubo entsha ye-Starliner.
"I-Butch izokwazi ukungenelela ngaphandle komthungo, kwaye amava akhe angaphambili kwiziphekepheke kunye nesikhululo sasesiteshini samenza ukuba abe luncedo olongezelelekileyo kule nqwelomoya," utshilo uKathy Lueders, umlawuli onxulumene ne-NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. “UChris ulilungu elinetalente labasebenzi kule mishini. Iqela le-NASA kunye ne-Boeing Commercial Crew liwubulela ngokungazenzisiyo umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu awugqibileyo kwaye uzakuqhubeka ukukhokela kuphuhliso lwe-Starliner, ezakuthi incede ekuqinisekiseni ukuba i-Starliner Crew Flight Test izakuba yimpumelelo. ”
UWilmore uchithe iintsuku ezili-178 esithubeni kwisithuba semishini emibini. Ngo-2009, wayesebenza njengomqhubi wenqwelomoya yesiphekepheke iAtlantis kwi-STS-129, encedisa ukuhambisa iitoni ezili-14 zezinto ezingasetyenziswa kwisitishi sasemajukujukwini. Ngo-2014, wabuyela kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini ngesiphekepheke saseRussia iSoyuz kwisithunywa seentsuku ezili-167, apho wenza khona iindlela ezine zokuhamba.
Umthonyama waseMat. UJuliet, Tennessee, uWilmore uzuze isidanga se-bachelor's kunye ne-master's kwezobunjineli bombane kwiYunivesithi yaseTennessee Technological eCookeville, kunye nesidanga senkosi kwiinkqubo zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ezivela kwiDyunivesithi yaseTennessee eKnoxville. Ungukapteni odla umhlala-phantsi ku-US Navy, ngaphezulu kweeyure eziyi-7,800 663 zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye nokufika kwabantu abangama-2000 kwinqwelomoya. Wakhethwa njengosomajukujuku ngo-XNUMX.
"Ndiyabulela kuChris ngobunkokheli bakhe obukhethekileyo kunye nokuqonda kwesi sithuthi sintsonkothileyo nesisebenza kakuhle," utshilo uWilmore. “Ukuba nethuba lokuziqeqesha ecaleni ndize ndijonge eli qela libalaseleyo njengendawo yogcino-zincwadi kube luncedo kumalungiselelo am okuthatha esi sikhundla. Ukuhla esihlalweni yayisisigqibo esinzima kuChris, kodwa ngobunkokheli bakhe noncedo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, eli qela libekelwe impumelelo. Siza kuya phambili ngobuchule nangokuzinikezela ngendlela efanayo nekaChris. ”
UFerguson uzakuthatha indima yokuba ngumlawuli we-Mission Integration kunye neMisebenzi, kunye nomlawuli weeNkqubo zooCrew kwiNkqubo yoRhwebo yaseBoeing, apho azakugxila ekuqinisekiseni ukuba isiphekepheke saseStarliner sihlangabezana neemfuno zoosomajukujuku beNASA. Kule ndima, uya kuba ngomnye wabantu bokugqibela abasebenzi ababonayo ngaphambi kokushiya uMhlaba kunye nomnye wabokuqala ababonayo ekubuyeni kwabo, kunye nokubaxhasa kuqeqesho lwabo kunye nomsebenzi wabo.
"Ndizithembile ngokupheleleyo imoto yakwaStarliner, amadoda nabasetyhini bayayakha kwaye bayayivavanya, kunye noosomajukujuku beNASA abaya kuthi ekugqibeleni babhabhe," utshilo uFerguson. “Iqela le-Boeing lithabathe zonke izifundo kuVavanyo lweNdiza oluQhelekileyo olungavulwanga lwazifaka entliziyweni, kwaye lwenza i-Starliner yenye yezona nqwelo-moya zikhuselekileyo zakha zalungiswa. Ndizakubalapha emhlabeni ndixhasa uButch, uNicole, noMike ngelixa bezokukungqina oko. ”
UFerguson ubeyinxalenye yenkqubo ye-Starliner ukusukela ngo-2011, emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-NASA njengegqala lesithuba esinezihlandlo ezintathu, kubandakanya nomphathi we-STS-135, inqwelomoya yokugqibela kwisiphekepheke kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini.
“Ndiyabulela kuChris ngobunkokheli bakhe. Ubeka usapho lwakhe phambili, kwaye iBoeing ixhasa ngokupheleleyo, utshilo uLeanne Caret, umongameli kunye neCEO, iBoeing Defense, Space & Security. "Sinethamsanqa ukuba uzakuqhubeka nokuthatha inxaxheba ebonakalayo kwinkqubo yeStarliner kwaye azise ubunzulu nobubanzi bamava esibhakabhakeni sabantu kule nkqubo."
Ukuphuhliswa kwesisombululo esikhuselekileyo, esithembekileyo nesonga iindleko seenkonzo zothutho lwabasebenzi ukuya nokubuya kwiSitishi saMajukujuku saMazwe onke kuhlala kungumba ophambili kwi-NASA kunye neBoeing, evumela indawo yophando e-orbit ukuba iqhubeke nokuzalisekisa isithembiso sayo njengelabhoratri yodidi lwehlabathi .
Inkqubo yoRhwebo ye-NASA isebenza nomzi mveliso wase-American aerospace njengoko iinkampani ziphuhlisa zize zisebenze isizukulwana esitsha sesiphekepheke kunye neenkqubo zokuphehlelela ezikwaziyo ukuthwala abasebenzi ukuya kwi-orbit yoMhlaba osezantsi nakwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini. Ukuthuthwa kwezorhwebo ukuya nokubuya kwisikhululo kuya kubonelela ngesibonelelo esandisiweyo, ixesha lophando olongezelelekileyo kunye namathuba abanzi okufunyanwa kwindawo yangaphandle.
