Kuleli qophelo sinesiqiniseko sokuthi sonke siyayazi imigilingwane, ikakhulukazi izinto ezingezinhle kuze kube yilapho onjiniyela bekwazi ukulungisa kahle ukusebenza kwayo, kwerokhethi elifana ne I-Falcon9, intuthuko eye yakwazi ukungcwelisa umjaho wasemkhathini okokuqala inkampani ezimele efana I-SpaceX.
Ngenxa yezinketho ezinhle i-rocket efana ne-Falcon9 evumayo, ikakhulukazi uma sibheka into elula njengaleyo kuyasebenza futhi, into ekugcineni ehumushela ekwethulweni nasekuthunyelweni kweziphuphutheki nokuthengiswa ngendlela eshibhile kuwo wonke amaqembu, akumangazi ukuthi kusukela I-NASA ekugcineni inqume ukuveza obala ukuthi izoqala ukuyisebenzisa ezinhlelweni zayo ezilandelayo.
I-NASA izosebenzisa i-Falcon9 esivele isesikhaleni okokuqala
Njengoba kuchaziwe emaphephandabeni akhishwe yiNorth American space agency uqobo, sibhekene nokuthi kuzoba yini okokuqala lapho le nhlangano kahulumeni ithatha isinqumo sokusebenzisa irokhethi elisebenzisekayo komunye wemisebenzi yalo. Kuleli qophelo, kufanele kwaziwe ukuthi akusikhona okokuqala ukuthi i-NASA ne-SpaceX basebenze ndawonye, kepha kungokokuqala ukuthi basebenzise irokhethi elisetshenzisiwe kabusha ukwenza imishini.
Ukuzama ukukuchaza kangcono lokhu, ngithanda ukuthi sidlulele kuJuni odlule, usuku lapho, uma sibheka ukwethulwa okwenziwe yi-SpaceX, sithola eyodwa ikakhulukazi lapho kwasetshenziswa khona i-Falcon9 entsha ngokuphelele ukuthumela zonke izinhlobo zezinto ezibonakalayo kanye nempahla eya ku-International Space Station. NgoDisemba kuzoba nomunye ukwethulwa futhi, kulokhu, i-Falcon9 efanayo esetshenziswe ngoJuni izosetshenziswa.
Njengoba kuye kwabikwa kusuka ku- NASA:
Ku-NASA sivume, ngemuva kokuhlolwa okuningana nokuhlolwa okwenziwe kwimininingwane enikezwe yi-SpaceX maqondana nokusetshenziswa kweyunithi ye-Falcon9, ukusebenzisa leyunithi efanayo kwimishini ezayo.
Le Falcon9 izosetshenziselwa ukuphinda ithuthukise i-International Space Station
Yize lesi sinqumo seNASA singahle sibonakale sisobala, iqiniso ukuthi kunemali eningi esengozini kunalokho esingakucabanga ngoba komunye wale mishini yokugcwalisa uphethiloli Isikhumulo Sasemkhathini Samazwe Ngamazwe kwenziwa, izinyanga eziningi kufanele zisetshenziswe ekwakheni zonke izinhlelo ezibizayo ezizothunyelwa kuphenyo oluhlukile noma ukuqoqwa kokudla nezinye izinto osomkhathi abadinga ukusinda emkhathini. Ukuqonda lokho, uma kwenzeka okuthile okubi ngohlelo lwe-propulsion system, kungaba nzima kakhulu ukuthumela enye i-rocket esiteshini esikhathini esifushane.
Iqiniso ukuthi sibhekene nengqophamlando, ikakhulukazi enkampanini eholwa ngu-Elon Musk ngoba lokhu kungaba yiyo ekugcineni vula indlela yokuthi iNASA iqale ukuthembela kumarokhethi angavuseleleka kusuka ku-SpaceX. Noma kunjalo, njengoba sekuveziwe, ngokusobala i-NASA izocabanga ukusebenzisa lolu hlobo lwamarokhethi ngokuzayo, inqobo nje uma konke kuhamba kahle, kulowo nalowo mhlangano ozokwenziwa kungekudala.
Ukwesekwa kweNASA ngalolu hlobo lwamarokhethi kuzokwenza ukuthi imakethe incintisane kakhulu nokufika kwezinkampani ezintsha
Ukwenza i-NASA ekugcineni inqume ukusebenzisa i-Falcon9 esivele isetshenzisiwe kumishini yangaphambilini, i-SpaceX ibingenakho lokho kuphela ngcono kakhulu ukusebenza kwezinhlelo zakho, kodwa futhi uthole namarokhethi awo amaningi ukuthi azokwethulwa emkhathini, ohambweni oluhlukile, kuze kube kathathu, lapho ekugcineni bezibonakalise bekwazi ukufaka isathelayithi emzileni wayo baphindela eMhlabeni ngempumelelo.
Ngale ndlela, i-SpaceX ingeza kuhlu lwayo lwezinto eziphilayo ezivumela ukusetshenziswa kwamarokhethi asetshenziswa ngaphezu kokukodwa kwi-NASA, uhlu lapho sithola khona amanye amazwe amaningi njenge-Iridium noma i-Spacecom. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, le ngqophamlando izokhuthaza ezinye izinhlobo zezinkampani lapho imakethe efana nale, lapho kungasetshenziswa khona amarokhethi, kungenzeka, ngakho-ke bazotshala imali ekuthuthukiseni amayunithi abo, ukufeza lokho imakethe incintisana kakhulu.