Ewe, kubonakala ngathi uCharles Simonyi unokulinda ixeshana kuhambo lwesithathu, kuba ukhenketho lwasemajukujukwini luzomisa. Ngokurhoxiswa kwesiphekepheke sishiya iRussia njengekuphela kwelizwe elikwaziyo ukwenza inkonzo kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe (ISS), urhulumente waseRussia ubhengeze ukuba akasayi kubavumela abantu ukuba bakhwele kwiinqwelomoya zeSoyuz.
Ngenxa yokuphelelwa lixesha kunye nokucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, i-Space Shuttle yeNASA iya kuyeka ukubhabha ekupheleni konyaka. Loo mhlalaphantsi ubeka uxinzelelo olukhulu kwinkqubo yendawo yaseRashiya. Kuze kube sekufikeni kokutshintshwa kweShuttle, iRashiya kufuneka igcine indawo kuyo nayiphi na inqwelomoya ukuze ihlangabezane neemfuno ze-ISS. Oko kuthetha ukuba akukho zihlalo zabakhenkethi.
Okwangoku, i-US ijolise ekubeni i-Shuttle's replacement flying by 2014. Nangona kunjalo, iingxaki zenkxaso-mali, ukulungiswa ngokutsha kwezinto eziphambili zeNASA, kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle kweenkqubo ze-aerospace karhulumente kuthetha ukuba i-spacecraft entsha ye-NASA mhlawumbi ayiyi kufika kude kube emva kwaloo mhla.
Kodwa jonga kwicala eliqaqambileyo. Oku kulibaziseka kukuthengela ixesha elifunekayo lokonga imali eyaneleyo ukuze ube ngumkhenkethi wasemajukujukwini! Kuxabisa kuphela malunga needola ezingama-30 ezigidi ukubhabha ukuya kwi-ISS, ke ngoko qala ujonge ezo cushion zebhedi ukuba zitshintshe kwangoko.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngokurhoxiswa kwesiphekepheke sishiya iRussia njengekuphela kwelizwe elikwaziyo ukwenza inkonzo kwiSikhululo seNdawo saMazwe ngaMazwe (ISS), urhulumente waseRussia ubhengeze ukuba akasayi kubavumela abantu ukuba bakhwele kwiinqwelomoya zeSoyuz.
- Kuze kube sekufikeni kokutshintshwa kweShuttle, iRashiya kufuneka igcine indawo kuyo nayiphi na inqwelomoya ukuze ihlangabezane neemfuno ze-ISS.
- Ngenxa yokuphelelwa lixesha kunye nokucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, i-Space Shuttle yeNASA iya kuyeka ukubhabha ekupheleni konyaka.
