Isibhakabhaka sasebusuku ngaphezulu kweSkotlani sinokubaluleke kakhulu kukhenketho njengembonakalo yomhlaba yasemini, ngokutsho kweengcali zendawo kunye nokhenketho.
Umphathi weshishini lenzululwazi uMaarten de Vries uthe iSkotlani lelinye lamazwe anciphayo aneendawo ezinkulu ezingenangcoliseko lokukhanya.
Uye waxela kwangaphambili nge-boom ukuba iinqwelomoya ze-Virgin Galactic ziqala ukusuka eMoray.
Impumelelo yeprojekthi yokujonga inkwenkwezi "i-Dark Sky Scotland", okwangoku, yayinokubona ukuba ikhutshwe kwi-UK.
UMnu de Vries, oqhuba i-Black Isle-based Going Nova - ishishini elikhuthaza isayensi kunye neteknoloji - uthe iSkotlani ineendawo ezinkulu ezingachatshazelwa kungcoliseko oluvela kwizibane ezenziweyo.
Wathi: “Ngokuqinisekileyo likho ithuba lokuza apha ngenxa yesibhakabhaka esicocekileyo.
“Zisekho iindawo kuMzantsi Merika, eMerika naseSpeyin apho izazi ngeenkwenkwezi ziya khona, kodwa zimbalwa iindawo ngenxa yongcoliso lokukhanya olungena ezixekweni.
"Isibhakabhaka sasebusuku sinokubaluleke kakhulu kukhenketho njengobume belizwe laseSkotlani."
UScott Armstrong, umlawuli wengingqi yeVisitScotland, wavuma ukuba “isibhakabhaka esimnyama” saseSkotlani siluncedo.
Uthe: “Iindawo eziphakamileyo kunye nezinye iindawo zaseSkotlani zifanelekile kubabukeli beenkwenkwezi.
"Kukho iindawo ezinkulu ezinesibhakabhaka esimnyama kunye nokukhanya okulinganiselweyo okwenza ukuba iSkotlani indwendwele indawo ekuyiwa kuyo, inika amava akhethekileyo kwiindwendwe zethu."
Umnumzana de Vries, okhokela iphulo i-Spaceport Scotland, uthe ukubanakho kwe-Virgin Galactic ukuphehlelela iinqwelomoya ukuya ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-60 ukusuka eMhlabeni ukusuka kwindawo eSkotlani kunefuthe elikhulu kukhenketho.
Uthe: "Ndikholelwa ukuba indawo yaseMoray iya kuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo eyenzekayo kule ndawo ukusukela amaRoma."
Ekuqaleni iinqwelomoya zeVirgin Galactic ziya kuhamba zisuka kwiMojave Spaceport eCalifornia.
Nangona kunjalo, umongameli weGalactic uWill Whitehorn uthe iRAF Lossiemouth - ijethi yomkhosi ekhawulezayo kunye nesikhululo senqwelomoya yokuhlangula - isathathwa njengendawo yokuphehlelela iinqwelomoya ezizayo ukusuka e-UK.
Uxelele Iwebhusayithi ye-BBC Scotland News ukuba iimvavanyo zase-US zibalulekile ku-Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic ukufumana ilayisensi yoLawulo lwe-Aviation ye-Federal Aviation-eya kuvula indlela yokuba imisebenzi yorhwebo iqale.
Uthe: “Ngoku sikwinqanaba lokuqala lovavanyo lokubhabha ngenkqubo entsha yokuphehlelelwa kwendawo eMojave, eCalifornia, novavanyo lwasemhlabeni oluqhubekayo ngoku ngenjongo yokukhwela iinqwelomoya kwezi veki zimbalwa zizayo kunye neenqwelomoya zethu zokuqala zovavanyo kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-18. .
"Siza kusebenzisa idatha ukufumana ilayisenisi yethu ye-FAA yokubhabha.
"Siza kusebenzisa le datha ukwenza inkqubo yothethathethwano e-UK namaqumrhu afana ne-CAA kunye ne-MoD ukufumana imvume yokusungulwa kwe-UK."
Umnumzana Whitehorn, owandwendwela iLossiemouth ngo-2006, wathi esi sikhululo sasinomphetho kwezinye iisayithi zase-UK ezinokubakho - kubandakanywa umgaqo weenqwelomoya wesikhululo kunye nobuchule babasebenzi kwinqwelomoya ye-supersonic kunye namafutha eengcali.
Uthe: “Ndijonge amaziko alapho kwaye, kunye nezinye iisayithi zase-UK, inokulungela inkqubo yokubhabha ehlotyeni kwixesha elizayo ngenxa yendlela yayo ende kunye nendawo yomoya ecacileyo eMoray Firth.
“Imbono yaseSkotlani inokuba yinto entle kakhulu. Iimvume ziya kufuneka kodwa asiyi kufunwa de sibe silungile.
"Zikho ezinye iisayithi ezinokwenzeka, kodwa zonke zinamazantsi kwaye ezimbalwa zinama-upsides."
Ithuba lokuba ngusomajukujuku kusenokwenzeka ukuba lihlale ixesha elide liyindlela yezityebi kuphela. Amatikiti axabisa i-£100,000 lilinye.
Kodwa kwimeko yazo naziphi na iinqwelomoya ezisuka eLossiemouth, umnumzana Whitehorn uthe ucingela izinto ezijikajikayo ezinje ngokuba ziindawo zokubukela iinqwelomoya zasehlotyeni.
Iibhidi zenkxaso-mali
UDavid Chalton, igosa leprojekthi ye-Dark Sky Scotland, uthe imali yokugqibela yeli phulo isetyenziswe ngoMatshi.
Kodwa emva kokutsalela abantu abangaphezu kwe-5,000 kwimisitho ye-astronomy engama-35 eyayibanjelwe kwiindawo ezinjenge-Edinburgh, i-Fife ne-Knoydart kwi-Highlands, kwafunwa inkxaso entsha.
Umnumzana Chalton uthe le projekthi inethemba lokuqhuba imisebenzi kulo lonke u-2009, eya kuba nguNyaka weHlabathi weNzululwazi ngeNkwenkwezi.
“Ide icace ngakumbi imeko yenkxaso-mali, kunzima ukuchaza ukuba ingakanani inkqubo esiza kuba nayo, kodwa sinethemba elikhulu lokufumana ubuncinci le nto siyifunayo,” utshilo.
Kwangaxeshanye, ngokusekwe kwimpumelelo ye-Dark Sky Scotland, sikwinkqubo yokuqalisa iprojekthi kulo lonke elase-UK.
“Kwakhona, oku kuxhomekeke kwiibhidi zenkxaso-mali ezininzi, kodwa sele sibeke iziseko zentsebenziswano ye-11 yemibutho enomdla wokuhambisa imisebenzi ye-Dark Sky-style kwiingingqi ezilithoba zaseNgilani, naseWales naseNorthern Ireland.
Ngokusekwe eRoyal Observatory Edinburgh, le projekthi yaqhuba iindibano zocweyo zemibutho yoluntu kunye nabantu ngabanye malunga nendlela yokubandakanya i-astronomy kwimisebenzi yabo.
Umnumzana Chalton uthe umzekelo wokhenketho lwasemajukujukwini olwenziwayo liZiko iGalloway Astronomy, indawo yokulala nesidlo sakusasa esinendawo encinci yokuhlola.
