La NASA, kwaye ke sinokuthi i-United States iphela ithamsanqa okoko i-Arhente yeNdawo edumileyo yelizwe ekugqibeleni nasemva kokulinda ixesha elide iqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni ukuba bazakuyiqala Inkqubo yoRhwebo. Oku kuthetha ukuba ukuthunyelwa koosomajukujuku abavela kumhlaba wase-US kuyasebenza kwakhona, inkqubo eyayimisiwe ukusukela ngo-2011, xa iarhente igqibe kwelokuba irhoxise i-Space Shuttle.
Kwelinye icala kwaye njengenkcukacha enomdla ngakumbi, ngakumbi kwikamva lokuhlola indawo, ngale nkqubo intsha iinkampani ezimbini zabucala ziya kulawula, okokuqala ezimbalini, zokwenza oku kuthunyelwa koosomajukujuku emajukujukwini, okwangoku kubhekiswe kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe sasemaJukujukwini. Inqanaba elitsha kwimbali eliza kuthi ekugqibeleni libekho ngenxa yenkqubela phambili yobugcisa ephunyezwe ziinkampani ezinje SpaceX y iBoeing, eya kuthi ijongane nokunikezela ubume nenkxaso kule nkqubo intsha yeNASA.
I-SpaceX kunye neBoeing zikhethwe yi-NASA ukuhambisa oosomajukujuku zabo emajukujukwini
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iindaba ezimnandi ze-United States iphela kuba ayizizo iinkampani zabucala kuphela ezizokwazi ukusungula inkqubo eyahlukileyo, ekugqibeleni zibonisa ukuba namhlanje banetekhnoloji eyaneleyo yokwenza lo msebenzi. Kwelinye icala, into enomdla okhethekileyo kurhulumente welizwe laseMntla Melika, baya kuyeka ukuxhomekeka eRashiya ukwenza lo msebenzi, into, njengoko ucinga ngayo ngokuqinisekileyo, iye yapapashwa kakhulu kweli lizwe.
Inyani enomdla yeNASA kukuba, ngokuyeka ukusebenzisa itekhnoloji yaseRussia ukuthumela oosomajukujuku kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe, kuya kufezekiswa ukuhambisa ngenkcitho yezigidi ezingama-80 zeedola kusomajukujuku ngamnye AmaMelika aya emajukujukwini. Njengobunyani obalulekileyo, xelela ukuba enye yeengxaki ezinkulu zekhompyuter yeSoyuz esetyenziswa ngabantu baseRussia ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kukuba, kwinqanaba lokwakha, inezihlalo ezithathu kuphela, ezithintela ukusetyenziswa kwayo.
Zombini izisombululo ze-SpaceX kunye ne-Boeing zinika ithuba lokuthumela ukuya kubantu abasi-7 kuhambo olunye
Ukuya kwiinkcukacha ezithe kratya, inkonzo entsha eya kuthi ibonelelwe yi-SpaceX kunye neBoeing kwi-NASA iya kuba ne-capsule enomthamo wamalungu asixhenxe abasebenzi. Apha sifumana inkcukacha ezichanekileyo ekufuneka sizithathele ingqalelo kwaye oko kunyuka kwabagibeli akunjalo kuba, njengoko kuchaziwe, Zombini i-SpaceX kunye ne-Boeing zigcinelwe ubuncinci izihlalo ezibini kusungulo ngalunye oza kuhlala ngabasebenzi kunye Iinjongo zorhwebo.
Ukuqhubeka nokubalulwa okumbalwa kwenkonzo okubonileyo ukukhanya, siyazi nokuba i-SpaceX izakusebenzisa irokethi ukumiliselwa kwesingxobo sayo Falcon 9 Ngelixa, kwimeko ethile ye-Boeing, intsebenziswano ye-United Launch Alliance kunye namandla ayo IAtlas V. Okwangoku ezinye iinkcukacha azaziwa, njengeendleko eziza kufuneka zithwalwe yi-NASA kwisihlalo ngasinye, nangona kuqikelelwa ukuba iya kuba sisithathu sento ehlawulwa yi-Russia ngoku.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba iinkonzo ezinikezelwa yi-Boeing kunye ne-SpaceX kwi-NASA ziya kuxabisa isinye kwisithathu sento ehlawulwa yi-arhente ngoku eRussia.
Okwangoku kunye nokungabikho komhla othile wokuqalisa kwenkqubo, into ekufuneka yenziwe kwiiveki ezizayo, ukuba siyazi ukuba i-NASA iceba ukwenza inkqubo Iindiza ezimbini zokuvavanya ukuvavanya inkonzo, Inye kwinkampani nganye kwezi zimbini. Nje ukuba kwenziwe iinqwelomoya, kuya kwenziwa ezinye iinqwelomoya ezimbini, nangona ezi zimbini zokugqibela ziya kuthi zimiselwe iSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe. Iinqwelomoya ezine ziya kuba noosomajukujuku ngaphakathi kwaye sele zicwangciselwe ukwenziwa ngo-2019.
Uvavanyo lokuqala luya kwenziwa kwi-SpaceX's Dragon capsule e Intwasahlobo 2019 Ngelixa inqwelomoya yovavanyo lwe-Boeing kuya kufuneka silinde kude kufike elandelayo ehlobo. Ngexesha lesiqingatha sesibini se-2019, ngokuxhomekeke kwiziphumo zeemvavanyo ezimbini zangaphambili, imishini yokuqala eya kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe iya kuqala.