Ofishin Jakadancin Airbus Perlan Mission II ya hau sama da ƙafa 62,000, ya kafa tarihin duniya

Airbus Perlan Ofishin Jakadancin II, shiri na farko a duniya na tuka jirgi mara inji zuwa gefen sararin samaniya, ya sake kafa tarihi a jiya a El Calafate, Argentina, ta hanyar hawa sama a cikin matsakaita zuwa matsin lamba na sama da ƙafa 62,000 (ƙafa 60,669 GPS tsayi). Wannan ya kafa sabon rikodin tsayi a duniya, har zuwa lokacin da hukuma ta tabbatar da shi.

Matattarar matattarar jirgin mai suna Perlan 2 glider, wacce aka kera ta yadda zata tashi sama da kafa 90,000, ta wuce layin Armstrong, wurin da ke sararin samaniya wanda jinin dan Adam mara kariya zai tafasa idan jirgin sama ya rasa matsin lamba.

Wannan shi ne rikodin rikodin glider na biyu na duniya don Jim Payne da Morgan Sandercock, matuka jirgin Pilan guda biyu waɗanda suka yi hawan jirgin Perlan 2 zuwa 52,221 ƙafafun GPS a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 2017, a cikin wannan yankin mai nisa na Argentine Patagonia. Rikodi na 2017 ya karya rikodin da ya gabata wanda aka saita a 2006, a cikin Perlan 1 wanda ba a bayyana shi ba, wanda mai tsara ayyukan Perlan Einar Enevoldson da Steve Fossett suka yi.

Ed Warnock, Shugaba na Kamfanin Perlan Project ya ce "Wannan wani lokaci ne mai girma ga dukkan masu sa kai da masu daukar nauyin Airbus Perlan Mission II wadanda suka himmatu sosai wajen ganin shirinmu na samar da sararin samaniya ya zama gaskiya," "Nasararmu a yau, da duk wasu abubuwan ci gaban da muka cimma a wannan shekara, shaida ce ta ruhun farko na bincike wanda ke gudana ta hanyar kowa da kowa kan aikin da kuma ta ƙungiyoyin da ke tallafa mana."

"Innovation ita ce buzzword a cikin sararin samaniya a yau, amma Perlan da gaske yana ƙunshe da irin ƙarfin hali na tunani da kerawa waɗanda ke da ƙimar ƙa'idodin Airbus," in ji Tom Enders, Shugaba na Kamfanin Airbus. "Kamfanin Perlan yana samun nasarorin da kamar ba zai yiwu ba, kuma goyon bayanmu ga wannan kokarin ya aike da sako ga ma'aikatanmu, masu samar da kayayyaki da kuma wadanda muke fafatawa da su cewa ba za mu amince da zama wani abu da ya wuce misali ba."

Wata nasarar farko da aka samu a wannan shekarar don aikin Perlan ita ce ta amfani da jirgin sama mai hawa da tsayi na musamman maimakon na yau da kullun. A lokacin tashin jirgin na jiya, an tura Perlan 2 zuwa gindin stratosphere ta wani Grob Egrett G520 turboprop, wani jirgin sama mai hangen nesa wanda aka gyara shi don aikin a farkon wannan bazarar. Aikin AV Experts, LLC, da babban direban jirgin Arne Vasenden ke jagoranta, Egrett din ya saki Perlan 2 a kusan ƙafa 42,000, kimanin rufin sabis na Airbus A380.

Don hawa sama zuwa cikin mafi girman yankuna na sararin samaniya, matukan jirgin Perlan 2 sun hau kan tsaunukan tsaunukan tsaunuka, yanayin da aka kirkira lokacin da tashin igiyar iska a bayan jerin tsaunuka ke da ƙarfi ta hanyar karkatarwa. Abun faruwar yana faruwa ne na ɗan gajeren lokaci kowace shekara a cikin placesan wurare kaɗan a duniya. Akwai shi a cikin tsaunukan Andes a Argentina, yankin da ke kusa da El Calafate na ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan wurare masu ƙarancin inda waɗannan raƙuman iska masu iya tashi zuwa ƙafa 100,000 ko fiye.
An gina shi a Oregon kuma tushen gida a Minden, Nevada, Perlan 2 glider ya haɗu da wasu sabbin abubuwa na musamman don taimakawa babban burin sa:

• Kyaftin carbon-fiber tare da keɓaɓɓen ƙira mai ƙarfi, tsarin matsi na gida mai wucewa wanda ke kawar da buƙatar masu tilastawa, masu damfara masu ƙarfi-iko.

• Tsarin sake buɗe madauki na musamman, wanda oxygen kawai ake amfani da shi shine abin da ma'aikatan ke motsawa. Shine tsari mafi sauki da inganci ga gidan da aka rufe, kuma tsarinta yana da aikace-aikace na sauran jiragen sama masu tsayi.

• Tsarin “tsarin gani na raƙuman ruwa” wanda a bayyane yake nuna wuraren tashi da nutsarwa a cikin matukan jirgin. Don zirga-zirgar kasuwanci, bin layin tashin iska zai ba da damar hawa hawa da sauri da adana mai, yayin da kuma taimaka jirgin sama guje wa abubuwa masu haɗari irin su rurin iska da mawuyacin hali na ƙasa.

Ba kamar jirgin sama na bincike mai aiki ba, Perlan 2 baya shafar yanayin zafi ko sunadarai na iska da ke kewaye da shi, yana mai da shi kyakkyawan dandamali don nazarin yanayi. Gwaje-gwajen da aka ɗaga sama a cikin kayan aikin sa suna samar da sabbin abubuwan bincike masu alaƙa da jirgin sama mai tsayi, yanayi da canjin yanayi.

A wannan kakar, Perlan 2 yana tashi tare da gwaje-gwajen da kwamitin kimiyya da bincike na The Perlan Project ya kirkira, gami da ayyukan da aka kirkira tare da haɗin gwiwar kungiyoyi da makarantu a Amurka da Argentina. Ayyukan bincike na Perlan 2 a halin yanzu sun hada da:

- Gwajin gwajin auna tasirin radiation a wuri mai tsayi, wanda ɗaliban Makarantar Sakandaren Cazenovia & Ashford suka tsara a Connecticut. Wannan aikin yana cikin daidaituwa tare da Malamai a sararin samaniya, Inc., ƙungiyar ilimantarwa mai zaman kanta wacce ke motsa sha'awar ɗaliban kimiyya, fasaha, injiniya da lissafi;

- Mai rikodin bayanan jirgin, wanda Cibiyar Nazarin Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa (CITEDEF) ta Argentina;

- Mai rikodin bayanan jirgin sama na biyu, wanda ɗalibai suka tsara a La Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) ta Argentina;

- Kayan sararin samaniya (radiation);

- Gwajin da aka yiwa lakabi da “Marshmallows in Space,” wanda aka gabatar da shi ta Oregon Museum of Science & Discovery don koyar da tsarin ilimin kimiyya ga yara ‘yan makaranta.

- Sabbin na'urori masu auna muhalli guda biyu, wadanda suka kirkiro The Perlan Project.

Jirgin na Perlan 2 zai ci gaba da bin jirage masu tsayi da kuma gudanar da bincike a cikin sararin samaniya yayin da yanayi da iska ke bari zuwa tsakiyar watan Satumba.