Kwiinyanga ezininzi siyazi ukuba in Ntombi yeGalactic Basebenza ngokuchasene newotshi ukuze babe yinkampani yokuqala yokubonelela ngezo nqwelo moya zasemajukujukwini okanye indawo yokhenketho kubathengi abazizityebi abanokuhlawula isixa esikhulu semali ebuzwa itikiti. Emva kwalo lonke eli xesha lokulinda kwaye kuye kwafuneka ukuba ndiphumelele kusilelo olungaqhelekanga, ekugqibeleni VSS Ubunye Ikhutshwe ngaphandle kokusilela.
Uhambo lokuqala lovavanyo olwenziwe yi-VSS Unity lwenziwe ngoMgqibelo. Ngexesha lo moya, abo banoxanduva lophuhliso lwenqanawa bakwazi vavanya indlela ebicwangcise ngayo kwaye ngakumbi inkqubo yayo yokufika. Ngenxa yoku, ubumbano lwe-VSS kuye kwafuneka ukuba lusungulwe kwinqwelomoya yeWhiteKnightTwo kwaye, emva kwemizuzu elishumi ibaleka kakuhle emoyeni, ekugqibeleni yakwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle kwengxaki kwi 'I-Mojave Air kunye nePort Space'.
I-VSS Unity yeVirgin Galactic yenza uvavanyo lwayo lokuqala lokuhamba kunye nokufika ngaphandle kwengozi.
Ngokusisiseko, njengoko sele uphawulile UMark Stucky, umvavanyi wovavanyo owayekhwele kubumbano lwe-VSS, umbono wolu vavanyo kukuqokelela ulwazi oluninzi ngangokunokwenzeka kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo. Ngaphezulu kwako konke babenomdla kakhulu kwizihloko ezinxulumene nazo ukumelana nokuphatha iimvavanyo yenqanawa ke, njengoko sele iqinisekisiwe, kwiiveki ezizayo iimvavanyo ezininzi ze-glide ziya kufika eziza kwenziwa esidlangalaleni ukuze kuqinisekiswe abathengi abanokubakho, ngakumbi ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ingozi eyenzekileyo nge-SpaceShipTwo.
Njengeenkcukacha zokugqibela, yitsho nje ukuba kukho abanye ababhalisiweyo 700 abantu abafuna ukuhlala kuloo mava ababasondeza kufutshane nesithuba ngaphandle kokushiya umhlaba. Inqaku ngalinye lixabiswa malunga IRandi ye250.000 ayothusi into yokuba iVirgin Galactic ifuna ukugcina bonke abathengi abanokubakho bezazi iimvavanyo zabo.
Olunye ulwazi: iVirgin Galactic