NEW YORK - Kamfanonin yawon shakatawa na sararin samaniya guda biyu da ke fatan baiwa abokan ciniki masu biyan kudin tafiya tafiyar rayuwarsu ana shirin daukar wasu manyan matakai a cikin watanni masu zuwa.
A ranar 28 ga Yuli, kamfanin yawon shakatawa na kusa da Virgin Galactic zai buɗe farkon mahaifiyar WhiteKnightTwo don shirin sa na jiragen ruwa na SpaceShipTwo wanda tsohon sojan sararin samaniya Burt Rutan da kamfaninsa Scaled Composites suka kera. A halin da ake ciki, kamfanin Space Adventures na Virginia yana shirin ƙaddamar da abokin ciniki na shida da ke biyan kuɗi a kan tafiya dalar Amurka miliyan 30 zuwa tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa a ranar Oktoba 12, tare da wasu masu bege guda biyu da suka riga sun jira a cikin fuka-fuki.
Na farko shine Virgin Galactic, wani kamfani wanda ɗan kasuwan Burtaniya Sir Richard Branson ya kafa da nufin ƙaddamar da abokan ciniki har guda shida masu biyan kuɗi da matukan jirgi biyu akan hawan farin ciki zuwa sararin samaniya na kusan $200,000 wurin zama.
A tsakiyar jirgin ruwa na Virgin Galactic da za a sake amfani da shi shine SpaceShipTwo, wani kumbon da aka harba daga sararin samaniya wanda aka samu daga zanen SpaceShipOne na Rutan na $10 miliyan Ansari X. Virgin Galactic ta ba da umarnin SpaceShipTwos guda biyar da biyu daga cikin manyan WhiteKnight Biyu, na farko wanda aka yi masa baftisma "Hauwa'u" bayan mahaifiyar Branson kuma za a bayyana shi a wani Scaled hangar a Mojave Air and Space Port a Mojave, Calif.
Daraktan kasuwanci na Virgin Galactic Stephen Attenborough ya ce "Za mu fitar da wannan dillalin daga hangar a karon farko a ranar 28 ga Yuli, kuma nan ba da dadewa ba za a fara shirin gwajin," in ji darektan kasuwanci na Virgin Galactic Stephen Attenborough a ranar Laraba yayin taron Kasuwancin Sararin Samaniya na 2008 wanda masu ba da agaji suka gudanar a nan. -Ribar Space Foundation. "Zai zama jirgin sama mafi girma a duniya… yana karya kowane irin rikodin."
Tare da ƙirar albarku na musamman mai dual-albarka, Rutan's WhiteKnightTwo yana wasanni tsawon fuka-fuki na kusan ƙafa 140 (mita 42) tare da kowane gida na waje wanda aka ɗora kusan ƙafa 25 (mita 7.6) daga matsakaicin matsakaiciyar kayan aikin SpaceShipTwo. Kimanin mutane 254 ne suka biya jimillar kusan dala miliyan 36 a cikin kudaden da aka biya don tabbatar da kujerunsu na SpaceShipTwo da zarar jirgin ya fara aiki. Motar da ke karkashinta ita kanta an shirya za a bayyana a farkon shekara mai zuwa, in ji jami'an Virgin Galactic.
Attenborough ya ce, an kuma kera wannan jirgin dakon makaman roka marasa matuka a madadin motar daukar ma’aikata, kuma wata rana za a iya amfani da shi wajen harba kananan taurarin dan Adam da ke zagayawa a doron kasa ko kuma da kaya zuwa sararin samaniya, in ji Attenborough. Tare da tagogin inch 18 (cm 46) da ɗakin falo mai faɗin ƙafa 7.5 (mita 2.2), SpaceShipTwo kuma ana iya amfani da shi don gwaje-gwajen kimiyyar yanki baya ga tafiye-tafiye na nishaɗi, in ji shi.
"Mun gina wani babban jirgin ruwa," in ji Attenborough. "Zai sami ɗaki da yawa a wurin don masana kimiyya da gwaje-gwajen da za su yi a wurin."
Nufin kewayawa
A karshen wannan shekara, Space Adventures na shirin kaddamar da wani hamshakin attajirin nan dan kasar Amurka Richard Garriott, dan dan sama jannatin NASA mai ritaya, Owen Garriott, zuwa tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa karkashin yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 30 da hukumar kula da sararin samaniya ta Rasha.
Garriott na shirin harba kumbon Soyuz na Rasha a ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba tare da kwamandan Expedition 18 na tashar sararin samaniya Michael Fincke na NASA da injiniyan jirgin Yuri Lonchakov na Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Rasha.
Garriott shi ne dan yawon bude ido na shida da ya hau tashar tare da Space Adventures, wanda shi ne kamfani daya tilo da ya ba da balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro tun bayan da babban dan kasuwan Amurka Dennis Tito ya yi a shekarar 2001. A makon da ya gabata, Space Adventures ya sanar da tafiyarsa. niyyar ƙaddamar da jirgin Soyuz mai zaman kansa na farko zuwa tashar sararin samaniya a 2011 kuma yana maraba da wanda ya kafa Google Sergey Brin zuwa cikin sahunsa na masu zaman kansu na sararin samaniya.
"Mu kamfani ne wanda ke da ban mamaki a yanzu shekaru 10," in ji Eric Anderson, shugaban Space Adventures kuma Shugaba, yayin taron, ya kara da cewa har yanzu akwai damammaki da dama a gaban kamfanin nasa. "Muna cikin wani mawuyacin hali kuma muna sa ido kan shekaru 10 masu zuwa, don haka komai yana yiwuwa."
Baya ga Garriott, Space Adventures yana da kwangiloli don ƙarin masu yawon buɗe ido biyu - na bakwai da na takwas masu zaman kansu na sararin samaniya - kodayake har yanzu ba a bayyana sunayensu a bainar jama'a ba, Anderson ya gaya wa SPACE.com.
George Nield, mataimakin shugaban ofishin kula da sararin samaniyar kasuwanci a hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta gwamnatin tarayya, ya ce ci gaban da Virgin Galactic, Space Adventures da sauran su ke yi, wani mataki ne kawai na yuwuwar ruwa ga masana'antar yawon shakatawa ta sararin samaniya.
"A yau, jirgin sama kamar yadda muka sani a cikin rabin karni na karshe yana kan hanyar canzawa," in ji Nield yayin taron. "Muna kan bakin kofa na ganin abin da muke tunanin zai zama babbar kasuwa a kan jiragen da ke karkashin kasa don yawon shakatawa na sararin samaniya."
Ya kara da cewa, yunƙurin kasuwanci masu ɗorewa, kuma suna ɗaukar babban matsayi a cikin masana'antar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Amurka da aka keɓe ga hukumomin gwamnati a baya.
"Wannan ba sigar mahaifinku ba ne na shirin sararin samaniyar Amurka," in ji Nield. "Makomar sararin samaniya ta kamfanoni masu zaman kansu ne."
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