Silazi isikhathi eside iqiniso lokuthi namuhla ku I-SpaceX Basebenza ekwakhiweni nasekwakhiweni kwenjini enkulu kunayo yonke futhi enamandla kunayo yonke eyake yaziwa ngabantu, efanayo naleyo inkampani enethemba lokuba ngayo eyokuqala ukuletha ubuntu eMars. Akungabazeki ukuthi inhloso ebaluleke kakhulu, kubonakala sengathi izoqala ukwenzeka ngonyaka we-2020, ngokwethulwa komunye wemishini ebaluleke kakhulu yenkampani yaseMelika.
Okwamanje iqiniso ukuthi kuncane noma akukho okwaziwayo ngenjini enkulu futhi enamandla iSpaceX esebenza kuyo ngaphandle kokuthi, kuze kube namuhla, vele ngiqale ukwenza izivivinyo zebhuthi nokusebenza kuso kanye nokuhlolwa kokuqala kokusuka. Ngalokhu, inkampani ibikulindele ukuthi ekugcineni iqinisekiswe lapho izokhethwa yi-ejensi njenge-rocket edingekayo yokwenza uhlobo oluthile lomsebenzi othile. Kubukeka sengathi isikhathi sesifikile.
Ngemuva kokungaqiniseki okuningi, yi-United States Air Force eyayidinga injini efana neFalcon Heavy ukwenza omunye wemishini yayo.
Lesi simemezelo senziwe ngokusemthethweni izolo 21 ngoJuni. Umqondo ukusebenzisa i-SpaceX's Falcon Heavy ukwethulwa okufanele kwenziwe ngenyanga ka Septhemba 2020 kusuka eKennedy Space Center, etholakala eFlorida. Izindleko zalo msebenzi kwi-United States Air Force Ama-dollar ayi-130, izindleko ezishicilelwe ezizobe ziphakeme kunezinga elijwayelekile lokwethulwa kweFalcon Heavy ngenxa yezidingo zokuphepha ezidingekayo ukwenza umsebenzi onjalo wezempi.
Njengemininingwane, ngikutshele ukuthi ngaphambi kwalolu suku sekuneminye imisebenzi esungulelwe i-Falcon Heavy yize lokhu ikakhulukazi kungenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu enkampanini ngoba kusho ukuthi, ngemuva kwesikhathi eside I-United States Air Force iqinisekise irokhethi ngemuva kwendiza eyodwa yokuhlola.
Ngamazwi ka UGwinne Shotwell, UMongameli kanye neMenenja Yokusebenza ngaphakathi kwe-SpaceX:
I-SpaceX ihlonishwe ngokukhethwa kwe-Falcon Heavy yi-Air Force yokwethula umsebenzi we-AFSPC-52 ngaphezu kwawo wonke umncintiswano. Egameni labo bonke abasebenzi bethu, ngifuna ukubonga i-United States Air Force ngokuqinisekisa i-Falcon Heavy, ngokusinika lo msebenzi obucayi, kanye nokwethemba kwabo enkampanini yethu. ISpaceX iyajabula ukuqhubeka nokunikeza umkhokhi wentela waseMelika izindleko ezingcono kakhulu zokwethulwa kwezinsizakalo ezethembekile nezisebenzayo zemishini ebalulekile yokuphepha kwezwe.
IFalcon Heavy ingelinye lamathuluzi anamandla kakhulu i-SpaceX okumele imelane nawo ne-United Launch Alliance
Akungabazeki ukuthi ngokufika kweFalcon Heavy, iSpaceX ithole ithuluzi elisha futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke elinamandla ngokumelene nokuncintisana kwalo njengamanje kulolu hlobo lwemishini, i-United Launch Alliance, okuthi, yize ithenjwa kakhulu nguhulumeni wase-United States, iqiniso ukuthi linamanani aphakeme kakhulu. Ukusinikeza umbono maqondana nalokhu, ukuthi i-United States Air Force, isebenzise ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyi-130 ukwethulwa kwaleli rokhethi liphakathi kwengxenye yesithathu nohhafu uma kuqhathaniswa naleyo enikezwa yi-United Launch Alliance.
Kuleli qophelo, kufanele ngivume ukuthi kungithathile ukuthi i-Air Force iqinisekise i-Falcon Heavy ngendiza eyodwa yokuhlola ngoba, imvamisa, zidinga izindiza eziningana. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngokusobala umbutho wezempi usebenza ukuguqula inqubo yawo eqinile yokuqinisekisa ngakho-ke, idatha enikezwe kulokhu kuhlolwa kokuqala kufanele ukuthi yayanele.