Umkhenkethi oza kuba ngumkhenkethi wasemkhathini uRichard Garriott uthatha izicelo zeyona nto inokuba ngamakhadi eposi okugqibela avela kwisikhululo samazwe ngamazwe.
U-Garriott, umqeqeshi womdlalo wekhompyutha waseMelika oqeqeshelwa ukuqaliswa kwe-Oktobha, uya kuthatha iifoto zesiko loMhlaba malunga nababhalisi abahlawulayo be-200 phantsi kwentsebenziswano kunye neprogram ye-"Earth Portraits" yoMbutho we-Space Explorers kunye nembali yendawo kunye ne-memorabilia Web site iqokelelaSPACE. com.
"Umbutho weMizobo yoMhlaba waBahloli basemkhathini undivumela ukuba ndibe nendlela yokwabelana ngochulumanco lokubona uMhlaba usuka kwi-orbit kunye nabantu abanomdla abavela kwihlabathi liphela," utshilo uGarriott, 46, kwingxelo. "Ndijonge phambili ekuthatheni iifoto zabo ndisemajukujukwini."
Ngokusekelwe e-Austin, eTexas, uGarriott uhlawula malunga ne-30 yezigidi zeedola ngokusungulwa kwakhe kwe-Oct. 12 kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini kunye noosomajukujuku ababini abaqeqeshiweyo phantsi kwesivumelwano esirhwetywe neRussia's Federal Space Agency yinkampani yaseVirginia esekwe kwi-Space Adventures. Uceba ukwenza uluhlu lwezilingo kunye neeprojekthi zokufikelela kwimfundo ngexesha lokubhabha kwakhe ukongeza kwiprogram yeMifanekiso yoMhlaba.
UGarriott uphuhlise i-Ultima kwi-intanethi kunye nemidlalo yekhompyuter yeTabula Rasa, kwaye ungunyana kasomajukujuku weNASA odla umhlala-phantsi u-Owen Garriott.
I-ASE engenzi nzuzo liqela lee-astronauts ezingama-300 ezibhabhayo kunye nee-cosmonauts ezivela kumazwe angama-32. Njengenxalenye yenkqubo yeMifanekiso yoMhlaba, inani elilinganiselweyo lababhalisi be-200 linokuhlawula i-$ 500 isiqwenga ukuze iGarriott ithathe ifoto kuyo nayiphi na indawo eMhlabeni, ngokude nje ibonakala kwisikhululo sendawo ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe iveki. Elona lathitudi kunye nobude bendawo iyafuneka ukuze ucele uMzobo woMhlaba, nalo lonke ugcino olufunekayo ngoMeyi 23.
“Umbono woMhlaba usesibhakabhakeni ubenomtsalane koosomajukujuku kunye noosomajukujuku ukususela oko uYuri Gagarin wathi ‘Ndibona uMhlaba! Intle kakhulu!' kwinqwelomoya yakhe ngo-Epreli 1961,” watsho uAndy Turnage, umlawuli olawulayo we-ASE. "Siyazingca ngokuba ngabokuqala ukubonelela uluntu ngethuba labo lokuba neefoto ezikhethekileyo zeedolophu zabo okanye ezinye iindawo abazithandayo eMhlabeni."
Emva kokubuyela kwakhe eMhlabeni, uGarriott uya kuprinta ifoto nganye kwaye afake umyalezo omfutshane owenziwe ngumntu owukhethileyo.
Ifoto ye-8-by-10 intshi kulindeleke ukuba ithathe indawo emalunga ne-18 x 28 miles (30 by 45 km) ngesisombululo esimalunga ne-100 feet kwaye iya kusiwa ngoFebruwari 2009, amagosa enkqubo athi. Umrhumi ngamnye uya kufakwa kwiraffle yebhonasi ukuze aphumelele i-memento eyabhabha kwindawo kunye noGarriott, bongeza.
“Umbono woMhlaba usesibhakabhakeni ubenomtsalane koosomajukujuku kunye noosomajukujuku ukususela oko uYuri Gagarin wathi ‘Ndibona uMhlaba! Intle kakhulu!' kwinqwelomoya yakhe ngo-Epreli 1961,” watsho uAndy Turnage, umlawuli olawulayo we-ASE. "Siyazingca ngokuba ngabokuqala ukubonelela uluntu ngethuba labo lokuba neefoto ezikhethekileyo zeedolophu zabo okanye ezinye iindawo abazithandayo eMhlabeni."
Emva kokubuyela kwakhe eMhlabeni, uGarriott uya kuprinta ifoto nganye kwaye afake umyalezo omfutshane owenziwe ngumntu owukhethileyo.
Ifoto ye-8-by-10 intshi kulindeleke ukuba ithathe indawo emalunga ne-18 x 28 miles (30 by 45 km) ngesisombululo esimalunga ne-100 feet kwaye iya kusiwa ngoFebruwari 2009, amagosa enkqubo athi. Umrhumi ngamnye uya kufakwa kwiraffle yebhonasi ukuze aphumelele i-memento eyabhabha kwindawo kunye noGarriott, bongeza.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Njengenxalenye yenkqubo yeMifanekiso yoMhlaba, inani elilinganiselweyo lababhalisi be-200 linokuhlawula i-$ 500 isiqwenga ukuze uGarriott athathe ifoto kuyo nayiphi na indawo eMhlabeni, okoko nje kubonakala kwisikhululo sendawo ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe iveki.
- Ifoto ye-8-by-10 intshi kulindeleke ukuba ithathe indawo emalunga ne-18 x 28 miles (30 by 45 km) ngesisombululo esimalunga ne-100 feet kwaye iya kusiwa ngoFebruwari 2009, amagosa enkqubo athi.
- Ifoto ye-8-by-10 intshi kulindeleke ukuba ithathe indawo emalunga ne-18 x 28 miles (30 by 45 km) ngesisombululo esimalunga ne-100 feet kwaye iya kusiwa ngoFebruwari 2009, amagosa enkqubo athi.
