I-LAS CRUCES, i-NM - I-Virgin Galactic iyavuya ukuvakalisa ukuqeshwa komntu owayengumongameli we-NASA uMichael P. Moses njengoSekela Mongameli weMisebenzi. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa phambi kokunikezelwa kwekomkhulu elisebenzayo lenkampani e-Spaceport America eNew Mexico, uVirgin uye wabiza inkokeli ehlonitshwa kakhulu yesiphekepheke somntu ukuba ajonge ukucwangciswa kunye nokwenziwa kwayo yonke imisebenzi yenkqubo yenkampani yorhwebo ye-suborbital spaceflight kwindawo.
Ukulandela umsebenzi owahlukileyo kwiNkqubo ye-NASA esanda kuthatha umhlala-phantsi, uMoses uzisa kwi-Virgin Galactic irekhodi eliqinisekisiweyo lemishini yokubhabha ekhuselekileyo, eyimpumelelo nekhuselekileyo yabantu, imisebenzi yesiphekepheke, kunye nobunkokeli benkqubo yokubhabha ebantwini. Wayesebenza kwi-NASA Kennedy Space Centre eFlorida njengoMphathi woBumbano lokuQalisa ukusuka kwi-2008 de kwafika ukuthunyelwa kothumo lokugqibela lwe-Shuttle ngoJulayi 2011. Wayenoxanduva lokulawula yonke imisebenzi yokucubungula i-Space Shuttle ukusuka ekufikeni ngokusungulwa, kunye nokuphonononga izinto ezibalulekileyo ezibandakanya ukulungela ukubhabha.
UMoses ukwasebenze njengosihlalo weQela eliLawulayo leMishini enikezela ngesigqibo sokugqibela ngegunya leemishini ezili-12 zokugqibela zeNkqubo yokuShutha emajukujukwini, ekongamela ngokuthe ngqo ukhuseleko nokuphumelela iinqwelomoya zoosomajukujuku abangama-75.
UMoses uya kuphuhlisa kwaye akhokele iqela elijongene nokusebenza kwe-Virgin Galactic spaceship kunye ne-logistics, imisebenzi ye-flight crew, ukuqeqeshwa kwabathengi, kunye nokusebenza komhlaba we-spaceport, kunye nokhuseleko lokusebenza kunye nokulawulwa komngcipheko njengento ephambili ekugxilwe kuyo.
"Ukuzisa uMike ukuba akhokele iqela kubonisa utyalo-mali olubalulekileyo ekuzibopheleleni kwethu ekukhuseleni ukusebenza kunye nempumelelo njengoko silungiselela ukuqalisa imisebenzi yorhwebo," watsho uMongameli we-Virgin Galactic kunye ne-CEO uGeorge Whitesides. “Amava akhe kunye nerekhodi yakhe kuzo zonke iinkalo zokusebenza kwesiphekepheke akhethekile. Imbono yakhe yokucinga phambili yokuzisa izifundo eziphumelele nzima zokubhabha kwabantu kwimisebenzi yethu iya kusizuzisa kakhulu. ”
Ngaphambi kwendima yakhe yamva nje ye-NASA, uMoses wasebenza njengoMlawuli we-Flight kwi-NASA Johnson Space Centre apho wayekhokela amaqela abalawuli beenqwelo-moya ekucwangcisweni, ekuqeqesheni nasekuqhutyweni kwayo yonke imiba yemishini yokuthutha indawo. Ngaphambi kokuba akhethwe njengoMlawuli we-Flight kwi-2005, uMoses wayeneminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 yamava njengomlawuli wendiza kwi-Shuttle Propulsion kunye ne-Electrical Systems Groups.
UMoses uthe, "Ndonwabe kakhulu ngokujoyina i-Virgin Galactic ngeli xesha, ukunceda ukwenza iziseko eziya kwenza ukuba i-suborbital spaceflights isebenze. IVirgin Galactic iya kwandisa ilifa lokubhabha kwabantu ngaphaya kweenkqubo zikarhulumente zemveli ibe yindawo yokuqala yehlabathi yabucala yorhwebo exhaswa ngemali.
UMoses unesidanga se-bachelors kwiFiziksi kwiYunivesithi yasePurdue, isidanga semasters kwisayensi yasemajukujukwini evela kwiFlorida Institute of Technology kunye nesidanga semasters kubunjineli be-aerospace kwiYunivesithi yasePurdue. Ufumana iMbasa yobuNkokheli obuBalaseleyo beNASA izihlandlo ezibini kunye nezinye izincomo namabhaso eNASA.
