I-MOSCOW - I-Russia ayizukuthumela abakhenkethi kwisikhululo samazwe ngamazwe emva kwalo nyaka ngenxa yezicwangciso zokuphindaphinda ubungakanani babasebenzi besi sikhululo, umphathi we-arhente ye-space yaseRashiya uthe kudliwanondlebe olupapashwe ngoLwesithathu.
Inkosi yaseRoscosmos uAnatoly Anatoly Perminov uxelele iphephandaba likarhulumente Rossiiskaya Gazeta ukuba umyili wesoftware wase-US uCharles Simonyi - osele ebhabhele kwisikhululo - uya kuba ngumkhenkethi wokugqibela xa eqhuma eBaikonur cosmodrome ngoMatshi.
Inkqubo yokhenketho yaseRashiya enengeniso iqhube "abathathi-nxaxheba kumoya wabucala" abathandathu ukusukela ngo-2001. Abathathi-nxaxheba bahlawule i-20 yezigidi zeedola ukuya phezulu kwiinqwelomoya ezikhwele i-Russian-built ye-Soyuz crafts brokered by US-based Space Adventures Ltd.
“Abasebenzi besisikhululo sasemajukujukwini, njengoko nisazi, baza kwandiswa kulo nyaka babe ngamalungu amathandathu. Ke ngoko akunakubakho nakuphi na ukwenza iinqwelomoya zabakhenkethi ukuya esitishini emva kuka-2009,” utshilo uPerminov kudliwanondlebe olufakwe kwiWebhusayithi yeRoscosmos.
I-Russian Soyuz kunye ne-Progress crafts ibe yinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokugcina isikhululo kunye nokwandiswa - ngakumbi emva kwentlekele yase-Columbia ka-2003, eyathi yamiswa yonke inqanawa yase-US.
I-arhente yase-US, i-NASA, iya kuthembela ngakumbi kumaRashiya emva ko-2010 xa i-shuttle fleet yase-US imisiwe ngokusisigxina, ishiya oosomajukujuku ukuba bakhwele kwi-spacecraft yaseRashiya de ifike inqanawa entsha ye-NASA, ngo-2015.
Nangona inkxaso-mali karhulumente inyukile ngexesha lokukhula kwezoqoqosho okukhuthazwa yioli kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, i-arhente yaseRashiya yabotshelelwa imali ngexesha elininzi lembali yaseRussia yasemva kweSoviet. Yaba nguvulindlela kweli shishini ukuvula uhambo lokuya kubakhenkethi. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iinkampani ezininzi zabucala - kubandakanya i-Space Adventures - ziye zabaleka ukwakha umsebenzi osebenzayo ukuqhuba ukhenketho lwabucala kunye nolunye uhambo olude.
Umenzi we-rocket waseCalifornia i-Xcor Aerospace kwinyanga ephelileyo ubhengeze ukuba indoda yaseDanish iya kuba ngowokuqala ukukhwela inqanawa yayo exhaswa ngemali yabucala, enezihlalo ezibini. Amagosa enkampani athi amatikiti athengiswa nge-95,000 yeedola ngalinye kwaye ugcino lwenzelwe iinqwelomoya ezingama-20.
Oyena mntu ukhuphisana naye u-Xcor wakha i-SpaceShipTwo, inqwelo-moya enezihlalo ezisibhozo eza kuthatha abakhweli kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-62 ngaphezulu koMhlaba nge-$200,000 nganye.
Oyena mmi wabucala wamva nje ukuba abhabhe kwinqwelo yezandla yaseSoyuz, umyili womdlalo wekhompyuter uRichard Garriott, uhlawule ingxelo yezigidi ezingama-35 zeedola kwisihlalo sakhe.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, njengoko iRoscosmos ibonise ukuba iintsuku zokhenketho lwasemkhathini kwinqanawa yaseRussia zinokubalwa, iSpace Adventures yabhengeza ukuba iza kufuna ukuqesha inqwelomoya yonke, yona ngokwayo. I-arhente yaseRashiya ibisaqhuba i-mission, kodwa i-Space Adventures yayiza kuhlawulela uhambo kwaye ithenge i-spacecraft yayo ye-Soyuz.
Akuzange kucace ngokukhawuleza ukuba ingaba loo nto iya kuqhubeka njani na okanye iqhubela phambili nodliwanondlebe lukaPerminov.
Isithethi se-arhente yaseRussia asifumanekanga ngoko nangoko ukuba senze izimvo emva kweeyure ngoLwesithathu. Umyalezo oshiyelwe ummeli we-Space Adventures awuzange ubuyiselwe ngokukhawuleza.
