Umntu ozibiza ngokuba “ngoyena Mqhubi weLimousine owaziwayo kwihlabathi” uMike Hughes, oneminyaka engama-61, uye wafumana ubunzima kwiinzame zakhe zokubonisa ukuba umhlaba usicaba. NgoMgqibelo, iarhente yomdibaniso ithintele ukuqaliswa kwe-rocket yakhe ngokubamba imvume yokusebenzisa umhlaba kawonkewonke.
Irokethi esebenza ngomphunga yayicwangciselwe ukunduluka e-Amboy, eCalifornia, idolophu yesiporho kwiNtlango yaseMojave ecaleni kwendlela engu-66, kodwa u-Hughes akazange akwazi ukufumana imvume kwi-Bureau of Land Management ukuze aqhube ukuqaliswa. U-Hughes ubanga ukuba wanikwa imvume yomlomo kwisithuba sonyaka odlulileyo ngelixa wayelindele imvume yokugqibela evela kwi-Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
“Kusenzeka. Siyihambisa nje iimayile ezintathu ezantsi kwendlela, ”u-Hughes uxelele iWashington Post ngoLwesihlanu. “Le yinto eyenzekayo nanini na kufuneka ujongane nalo naluphi na uhlobo lwearhente karhulumente. Andiboni [ukusungulwa] kusenzeka kude kube malunga noLwesibini, ngokunyanisekileyo. Kuthatha iintsuku ezintathu ukuseta… Uyazi, akukho lula kuba akufanelanga ukuba kube lula.”
Isithethi se-Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sixelele iWashington Post ukuba akukho zirekhodi ezisemthethweni zoqhagamshelwano phakathi kwe-arhente kunye noHughes kwaye akazange acele imvume ekhethekileyo yokuzonwabisa efunekayo ukuqhuba ukuqaliswa.
"Omnye ovela kwiofisi yethu yasekhaya uye wasondela kuye emva kokubona amanye ala manqaku eendaba [malunga nokusungulwa], kuba yayiziindaba kubo," utshilo isithethi seBLM uSamantha Storms, njengoko kukhankanyiwe yiWashington Post.
U-Hughes, owayekhe wathi, "Akukho mahluko phakathi kwesayensi kunye nesayensi yentsomi," kwaye "uJohn Glenn noNeil Armstrong bangamaFreemasons," isazinzulu esisafundayo esenza i-rocket yakhe yokuqala ngo-2014.
Nguye kuphela uguqulelo lwakutsha nje kwi-Flat-Eartherism, enokuthi ikhuthazwe yiphulo le-Kickstarter elingaphumelelanga elikwazile ukunyusa i-$ 310 yethagethi ye-150,000 yeedola. Ukuguqulwa kwakhe kwenziwa emoyeni, emva kokuba ebize umboniso kanomathotholo odumileyo phakathi koluntu lwe-flat-Earth.
“Besifuna abaxhasi abatsha bale nto. Kwaye ndiyakholelwa kuMhlaba osicaba,” utshilo uHughes kumamkeli-ndwendwe. “Ndayiphanda kangangeenyanga eziliqela. Abakayifaki indoda esithubeni okwangoku,” utshilo uHughes. Kukho ii-arhente zasemajukujukwini ezingama-20 ezahlukeneyo apha eMelika, kwaye ndingumntu wokugqibela ofake indoda kwirokethi wayisungula.
U-Hughes, nangona kunjalo, usebenzisa itekhnoloji ye-round-Earth (okanye itekhnoloji nje) kwisithuthi sakhe.
Ndiyazi malunga ne-aerodynamics kunye ne-fluid dynamics kunye nendlela izinto ezihamba ngayo emoyeni, malunga nobukhulu obuthile be-rocket nozzles, kunye ne-thrust. Kodwa ayisiyosayensi leyo, yifomula nje leyo. ”
U-Hughes uye wafumana enye indawo, indawo yokuphehlelelwa yabucala ye-500mph (804kph), inqwelomoya ende yeemayile ukutyhubela iNtlango yaseMojave anethemba lokuba iya kutsala ingqwalasela efuneka kakhulu kule ntshukumo kwaye iya kuphawula inyathelo lokuqala kwinkqubo yakhe yesikhala soMhlaba. . Unethemba lokufumana inkxaso-mali eyaneleyo yokuqhuba uhambo oluya kwi-atmosflat ukuze ekugqibeleni akhanyele iyelenqe elikhulu phakathi koorhulumente, i-interagency iyelenqe elisikhusela kwinyani: ukuba sihlala kwicwecwe elisicaba, sidada esithubeni, singqongwe ludonga olukhulu lomkhenkce.
