Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka i-2018, ikakhulukazi ngoJanuwari 7, I-SpaceX wayehlele ukwenza umishini, ngokungafani nabanye abaningi, okwakungakaze kwaziwe kakhulu. Njengoba kwaziwa kamuva, ngokusobala kwakuyimishini eyimfihlo lapho babefuna ukufaka khona umzungezo wento okwathi esikhathini esithile kamuva sazi ukuthi wawubhapathizwe njengo uZuma.
Izindaba zalokhu kwethulwa zafika lapho ngemuva nje kokukuzwa lokho, yize kunjalo ukusebenza kwabonakala kube yimpumelelo, ngokumangazayo impahla ebithwele irokhethi ye-SpaceX inyamalale. Iqiniso ngukuthi konke kubukeka kungajwayelekile ngoba sikhuluma ngenkampani engazange yenze iphutha iminyaka eminingana, ngakolunye uhlangothi, njengoba kumenyezelwe nje, i-United States Air Force izoqhubeka nokuthembela kuyo ukufaka iziphuphutheki zayo orbit yalokho, uma ngabe le divayisi ibisinyamalele, bekungeke kube yiphutha lenkampani eholwa ngu-Elon Musk.
Yize zonke izinhlelo zikhomba ngenye indlela, idivayisi kaZuma ayikho emzileni
Ngemuva kwakho konke lokhu kubhidlika, kube nemibuzo eminingi eye yathelwa futhi okusobala ukuthi isele emapayipini womabili i-SpaceX, leyo uzilinganisele kuphela ekuphawuleni ukuthi zonke izinhlelo zakhe zisebenza ngendlela efaneleNgokuqondene nohulumeni wase-United States, okujwayele ukwenzeka, ongafunanga ukunaba ngokuningiliziwe kusukela lapho, njengoba amahlebezi esho, besizobhekana nesathelayithi yamasosha eyayingeyomklamo oyimfihlo kahulumeni wase-US.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa, sibonga imininingwane evela ku-SpaceX siyazi ukuthi ukwethulwa ekuqaleni bekuhlelelwe uNovemba 2017, usuku ekugcineni olwahlehliselwa uJanuwari 7. Ngesikhathi sokuqalisa yonke into isebenze kahle, kusukela zombili izigaba zokuqala nezesibili ze-Falcon9 zazisebenze ngokuphelele. Okuxaka kakhulu ukuthi impahla yanyamalala ngemuva kokubhaliswa yizinhlelo zesathelayithi njengoba yayingene emzileni wayo.
Njengoba kuphawuliwe esitatimendeni UGwynne Shotwell, UMongameli we-SpaceX:
Ngemuva kokubuyekeza yonke idatha singaqinisekisa ukuthi i-Falcon 9 isebenze kahle.
Njengoba bekulindelekile, ngemuva kwalolu lwazi olunikezwe akekho omunye ngaphandle kukamongameli wamanje we-SpaceX, wonke amehlo abheke e-United States Air Force, okuthi, okuphambene nalokho wonke umuntu abekucela, izinqumele ekumemezeleni ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokusebenza. Ne-SpaceX ohambweni lwayo lukahulumeni lwesikhathi esizayo. Ngamazwi akhe ULieutenant General John Thompson, uMkhuzi wamanje weSikhungo Sezikhala Nesistimu Yezinhlekelele
Ngokuya ngokuhlaziywa kwedatha yethu, iqembu alizange likhombe noma yiluphi ulwazi ukushintsha isitifiketi se-SpaceX Falcon 9
Konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi ukwehluleka kwenzeke ngohlelo lokuhlukaniswa kwamarokhethi olwenziwe yinkampani yaseNorthrop Grumman
Ngokuya ngezitatimende ezithi, yize zenziwe ukuthi zilinde, ekugcineni zivela eMbuthweni Wezindiza wase-United States, kuyaqondakala ukuthi abakwazi ukuqeda izinsizakalo ze-SpaceX ngoba asikho isizathu esatholwa sokungayethembi inkampani noma ukubabamba icala ngokulahleka kwethuluzi labo eliyimfihlo. Yize, njengoba ubona, nabo bakhombisa ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokutadisha leli cala.
Ngalesi sitatimende, lapho i-United States Air Force ekugcineni isixolele, noma kubonakala sengathi, i-SpaceX isalalele ukuzwa uhlobo lomkhiqizi wedivayisi eyimfihlo uZuma, inkampani ye-aerospace I-Northrop Grumman, okungukuthi, ngokusobala, ngaphezu kokuba nesibopho sokwenza idivayisi, babephinde babhekele ukwakhiwa kohlelo lokuhlukaniswa kwamarokhethi.
Uma sinalokhu engqondweni, akumangazi ukuthi kube namaphimbo amaningi akhombisa ukuthi idivaysi yokwahlukanisa amarokhethi eyenziwe yiNorthrop Grumman kube yiyo kanye leyo wehlulekile ukuvimbela uZuma ekuhlukaniseni neFalcon 9 ngakho bobabili ngabe bawele phansi ngemuva kokufinyelela emzileni.