Indiza yokuqala yezivakashi zasemkhathini ye-Virgin Galactic ibe yimpumelelo enkulu

I-Virgin Galactic iqede ngempumelelo indiza yayo yokuqala yokuhweba, nendizamkhathi ye-Unity ifinyelele endaweni ephakeme ngamamayela angu-52,9 (amakhilomitha angu-85,1). 

Umsebenzi waphetha ngo-11:42 am ET, ngokuhlala ngempumelelo emgwaqeni wezindiza e-Spaceport America, eNew Mexico. 

Unity , eyehla endizeni ethwala indiza Eva ngamamitha angu-44.500, ifinyelele isivinini esiphezulu se-Mach 2,88 emsebenzini wokubuka izintombi.

Ngomsebenzi wokuqala wezohwebo, indizamkhathi ye-VSS Unity suborbital we-Virgin Galactic wathwala ithimba labathathu be-Italian Air Force kanye noMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wokucwaninga wase-Italy.

Iqembu laliholwa uWalter Villadei, uColonel Wezempi Wasemoyeni wase-Italy owake waqeqeshwa ne-NASA njengomshayeli wendiza oyisipele ohambweni lwesibili lwezohwebo lwe-Axiom Space oluya e-International Space Station. Kanye noVilladei kwakukhona u-Angelo Landolfi, udokotela kanye no-lieutenant colonel we-Air Force, kanye noPantaleone Carlucci, umcwaningi weNational Research Council. Iqembu liphinde lahlanganisa u-Colin Bennett, umqeqeshi we-astronaut we-Virgin Galactic onomsebenzi wokuhlola ulwazi lwendiza phakathi nomsebenzi.

Indiza ithathe cishe imizuzu engama-90, lapho ithimba le-Galactic 01 lenza uchungechunge lwezivivinyo zesayensi ye-suborbital. Lo msebenzi uholele ekutheni kungene abangu-13 imithwalo ekhokhelwayo ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo oluhlukahlukene ngezihloko ezisukela emisebeni ye-cosmic nama-biofuel oketshezi avuselelekayo kuya ekuguleni okunyakazayo nezimo zengqondo ngesikhathi sokundiza emkhathini.

“Umsebenzi wokucwaninga we-Virgin Galactic ungenise inkathi entsha yokufinyelela okuphindaphindiwe nokuthembekile endaweni kuhulumeni nezikhungo zocwaningo eminyakeni ezayo,” kusho uMichael Colglazier, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Virgin. Galactic .

Bekungokokuqala ngqá cishe eminyakeni emibili ukuthi indiza-mkhathi ifinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme ezingaphansi kwe-suborbital, ivula indlela yokuthi i-Virgin Galactic yethule ngokusemthethweni uhambo lwayo lwezentengiselwano. Umsebenzi wokulandela, i-Galactic 02, uzoqala ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, ngemva kwalokho inkampani ihlela ukuthumela abasebenzi bezohwebo emaphethelweni wendawo njalo ngenyanga ngentengo ye-$ 450.000 ithikithi ngalinye.

BlogInnovazione.it