STOCKHOLM - Iinqwelomoya ezimfutshane zabakhenkethi kwindawo kulindeleke ukuba ziqalise ukusuka enyakatho yeSweden kwi-2012, enye yeenkampani ezibandakanyekayo kwiprojekthi yathi ngoLwesithathu.
"Silindele ukuba iinqwelomoya zokuqala zabakhenkethi ezisuka e-United States ziqale malunga no-2011 kwaye iKiruna (emantla eSweden) iza kulandela malunga nonyaka emva koko, ngo-2012," isithethi seSpacesport Sweden uJohanna Bergstroem-Roos uxelele i-AFP.
Iinqwelomoya ziya kuqhutywa yi-Virgin Galactic, ephethwe yi-tycoon yaseBritane uSir Richard Branson, oya kuqala ukuthumela abathengi abahlawulayo malunga neekhilomitha ezili-110 (iikhilomitha ezingama-70) ngaphezu komhlaba ukusuka eNew Mexico eMelika.
UVirgin Galactic uthe ngoLwesibini utyikitye iiarhente zokuhamba ezintlanu zeNordic eziza kugunyaziswa ukuba zithengise amatikiti e-US kunye nokuqaliswa kweSweden, okuya kuqala ngexabiso le-200,000 yeedola (153,000 euros) isiqwenga, nangona ixabiso linokuthi lihle. ixesha elidlulele.
“Sinethemba lokuba iKiruna iya kuba yeyona ndawo yaseYurophu yokuphehlelelwa kwiinqwelomoya zabakhenkethi,” utshilo uBergstroem-Roos, echaza ukuba idolophu ekumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-145 (iikhilomitha ezingama-90) emantla e-Arctic Circle ibilikhaya kwiZiko leNdawo yase-Esrange ukusukela ngo-1966.
"Iinqwelomoya eziya kuthunyelwa kunye nabakhenkethi luhlobo lweenqwelomoya esele siziqhuba zisuka eKiruna, nangona namhlanje sithumela iinqwelomoya ezingenabasebenzi phezulu, ukuya kwiikhilomitha ezingama-800," utshilo.
"Sinamava ngokwenene xa kufikwa kwimishini yasemkhathini."
I-Kiruna sele isisigantsontso se-adventure kunye nabakhenkethi bezilwanyana zasendle abanomdla wokubona izinto zendalo ezifana neZibane zaseMantla kunye neLanga laphakathi kobusuku, hlala kwiHotele ye-Ice ekufutshane okanye uqalise uhambo lokutyibiliza, i-sleigh yenja okanye uhambo lwekhephu.
"Silindele ukuba umntu omnye kusapho oza apha ufuna ukubhabha esithubeni, mhlawumbi amanye amalungu osapho abhalisele amanye amava," utshilo uBergstroem-Roos.
Phantse amatikiti angama-300 sele ethengisiwe ngeenqwelomoya ezimfutshane zabakhenkethi, utshilo, esongeza ukuba ngelixa iiDanes, iFinns kunye neSweden bephakathi kwabathengi, uninzi lwabanini bamatikiti abakhoyo bebengafuni ukulinda ukuqaliswa kweKiruna kwaye bekuya kuba njalo. khetha ukubhabha usuka eUnited States.
“Uninzi lwabantu lufuna ukuba phambili,” utshilo.
