Sir Richard Branson ne ya bayyana mahaifiyar da za ta kaddamar da masu yawon bude ido na farko a sararin samaniyar a California.
WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), jirgin dakon kaya wanda za a yi amfani da shi wajen harba SpaceShipTwo zuwa sararin samaniya, "zai ba da damar dubban mutane su gane mafarkinsu" da kuma "yin aiki a matsayin mai zage-zage don canza damar dan Adam zuwa sararin samaniya", in ji Sir Richard.
Da yake jawabi a wajen bikin harba shi a hangar jirgin a Mojave Air and Spaceport da ke California, hamshakin attajirin dan Burtaniya, wanda zai kasance cikin masu yawon bude ido na farko tare da danginsa, ya ce wannan kamfani zai taimaka wa duniya “farkawa” ga raunin da ke tattare da shi. duniya da mahimmancin kare Duniya.
Sarari shine "iyakar karshe da ke da matukar mahimmanci ga makomar wayewa a wannan duniyar", in ji Sir Richard. "Masu yawon bude ido na farko na sararin samaniya, wadanda da yawa daga cikinsu suna tare da mu a yau, za su share hanya yayin da suke mamakin kyawawan duniyarmu da kuma samun 'yancin rashin nauyi da kuma baƙar fata," in ji shi.
"Fitar da WhiteKnightTwo yana ɗaukar hangen nesa na Virgin Galactic zuwa mataki na gaba kuma yana ci gaba da ba da tabbataccen shaida cewa wannan babban burin ayyukan ba na gaske bane kawai amma yana samun babban ci gaba ga burinmu na amintaccen kasuwanci."
Sir Richard ya ce za a iya harba masu yawon bude ido na farko zuwa sararin samaniya nan da watanni 18, amma har yanzu babu ranar da za a kaddamar da su a hukumance - SpaceShipTwo na bukatar kammala shi kafin a gudanar da jerin gwaje-gwajen jiragen sama da na tsaro. Fiye da abokan ciniki 250 sun biya dala 200,000 (£ 100,000), ko sanya ajiya, don damar kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin masu yawon buɗe ido na farko na Virgin Galactic.
Jirgin WK140 mai tsayi 2ft, wanda aka canza masa suna Hauwa don girmama mahaifiyar Sir Richard, wacce ta yi bikin bude taron da dan sama jannati Buzz Aldrin ya halarta, shi ne jirgin sama mafi girma da ya hada dukkan sinadaran Carbon, kuma yana iya kaiwa tsawon kafa 50,000.
"Idan sabon tsarin mu zai iya daukar mutane kawai zuwa sararin samaniya, hakan zai ishe ni, saboda canjin da zai yi ga dubban da za su yi tafiya tare da mu," in ji Sir Richard.
“A bayyane yake daga kowane ɗan sama jannati cewa na taɓa yin magana da ganin duniyar nan daga can, kewaye da siriri mai kariya na yanayi, yana taimaka wa mutum ya farka da raunin ɗan ƙaramin yanki na duniyar duniyar da ke kewaye da shi. muna zaune, kuma ga mahimmancin kare Duniya."
Sai dai ya ce jiragen za su kuma iya harba kananan kaya da tauraron dan adam zuwa sararin samaniya a kan farashi mai rahusa. "Wannan tsarin yana ba da babbar dama ga masu bincike waɗanda za su iya tashi gwaje-gwaje akai-akai fiye da da, suna taimakawa wajen amsa tambayoyi masu mahimmanci game da yanayin duniya da kuma abubuwan sirrin sararin samaniya," in ji shi.
