Budurwa Galactic ta buɗe ƙirar Suborbital Spaceliner

Masu neman farin ciki a nan gaba za su hau wani jirgin sama mai santsi da ke kwance a ƙarƙashin ƙaƙƙarfan uwa-uba tagwaye zuwa gaɓar sararin samaniya a cikin ƙirar da Virgin Galactic ta bayyana Laraba.

Jirgin sararin samaniya na SpaceShipTwo da jirginsa na WhiteKnightTwo za su fara gwaje-gwajen farko a wannan bazara don girgiza sabon tsarin jirgin sama wanda majagaba Burt Rutan da kamfaninsa na Scaled Composites suka tsara.

"Hakika 2008 za ta zama shekarar jirgin ruwa," in ji wani dan kasuwa dan Burtaniya Sir Richard Branson, wanda ya kafa kungiyar Budurwa, wanda ya kaddamar da samfurin sabon kumbon na sikeli na 1/16 a nan gidan tarihin tarihi na Amurka. "Muna matukar farin ciki game da sabon tsarinmu da kuma abin da sabon tsarin mu zai iya yi."

Dangane da Rutan's SpaceShipOne, wani jirgin sama mai matukin jirgi kuma mai sake amfani da shi wanda ya lashe kyautar Ansari X dalar Amurka miliyan 10 na jirgin sama na karkashin kasa a 2004, SpaceShipTwo mota ce da aka harba ta iska da aka kera don daukar fasinjoji shida da matukan jirgi biyu zuwa sararin samaniya da baya.

Amma ba kamar SpaceShipOne ba, wanda aka harba daga ƙarƙashin jirginsa mai ɗaukar hoto guda ɗaya na WhiteKnight, sabon jirgin zai faɗo daga wani jirgin sama mai tsayi na tagwaye mai tsayi wanda zai iya ninka a matsayin fasahar horar da yawon buɗe ido a sararin samaniya. WhiteKnightTwo na dauke da injuna guda hudu da fikafikai kimanin taku 140 (mita 42), da ke fafatawa da wani Bom na B-29, kuma an gina shi ne domin sarrafa rokoki marasa matuka wadanda ke iya harba kananan tauraron dan adam zuwa sararin samaniya, in ji jami’an Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic tana ba da tikitin tikitin jiragen sama na SpaceShipTwo akan farashin farko na kusan dala 200,000, kodayake Branson ya ce ana sa ran farashin zai ragu bayan shekaru biyar na farko na aiki. Kamfanin yawon shakatawa na sararin samaniya yana shirin kaddamar da jiragen sama daga tasha a tashar jiragen ruwa ta New Mexico ta sararin samaniyar Amurka, tare da ƙarin tafiye-tafiye ta cikin jiragen ruwa na Aurora da za a yi daga Kiruna, Sweden.

"Yana da ban mamaki," in ji wani jami'in talla na Burtaniya Trevor Beattie, daya daga cikin wasu masu rike da tikitin Virgin Galactic 100 da ke hannunsu don kaddamar da bikin. "Ina so in tafi yanzu… tare da kowane ci gaba, yana ƙara kusantowa."

Ya zuwa yau, Virgin Galactic yana da kusan fasinjoji 200 da aka tabbatar don jirage na gaba, dala miliyan 30 a ajiya da kuma rajistar kusan 85,000 daga abokan cinikin da ke sha'awar tashi a cikin SpaceShipTwo.

Rutan, wanda Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled ya kammala kashi 60 na farko na SpaceShipTwo, ya ce kamfaninsa yana gina akalla biyar daga cikin motocin da ke karkashin kasa - da biyu masu ɗaukar WhiteKnightTwo - don Virgin Galactic.

"Wannan ba karamin shiri ba ne ta kowane fanni na tunani," in ji Rutan, ya kara da cewa kamfanin nasa na fatan gina akalla 40 SpaceShipTwos da 15 a cikin shekaru 12 masu zuwa.

An kera kowane jirgin sama don yin shawagi sau biyu a rana, tare da jigilar su na WhiteKnightTwo masu iya harba harsasai hudu a kullum, in ji Rutan. Fiye da shekaru 12, fiye da mutane 100,000 za su iya tashi zuwa sararin samaniya a cikin motocin, in ji shi.

Jirgin sama mai daki

Fasinjojin Virgin Galactic kamar Beattie da sauransu sun riga sun yi gwaje-gwaje na centrifuge don samfurin ƙaddamar da kwarewa da sake dawowa, wanda zai iya yin amfani da karfi har sau shida a duniya a jikin mutum.

Will Whitehorn, Shugaban Kamfanin na Virgin Galactic, ya ce kowane fasinja na SpaceShipTwo za a sanye shi da rigar matsa lamba a matsayin kariya ta kariya, ya kasance yana da 'yanci ya matsa kusa da wani gida mai daki daidai da jirgin Gulfstream da kuma sa ido a Duniya ta fadi, 18-inch (46- cm) tagogi a cikin mintuna da yawa na rashin nauyi da aka bayar akan kowane jirgin sama.

"Saboda a fili, idan za ku shiga sararin samaniya, za ku so ku ga ra'ayi," in ji Whitehorn.

Gidan SpaceShipTwo ya fi girma fiye da capsule na mutum uku da aka yi amfani da shi akan SpaceShipOne, kuma kowanne daga cikin biyun na WhiteKnightTwo masu jigilar kaya sun yi daidai da na jirgin don mai da shi kayan aikin horo mai amfani, in ji shi.

Iyalan fasinjoji ko wasu masu yawon bude ido na sararin samaniya suna iya kallon harba SpaceShipTwo daga cikin wani gida na WhiteKnightTwo, wanda kowannen su yana zaune ne kawai taku 25 (mita 7.6) daga tsakiyar jirgin saman da ya hau.

Yayin da aka tsara zagayen farko na gwaje-gwaje na wani lokaci a wannan lokacin rani da na farko da aka zana jiragen sama a 2009, Whitehorn ya jaddada cewa aminci shine mafi mahimmanci.

"Muna cikin tseren da babu kowa, baya ga tseren da ke da aminci," in ji Whitehorn.

Rutan ya ce yana yin niyya ne ga wani abu na tsaro mai kama da na jiragen sama na farko na shekarun 1920, wanda har yanzu ya kamata ya ninka lafiyar kumbon da manyan gwamnatoci ke amfani da shi sau 100 a yau.

"Kada ku yarda duk wanda ya gaya muku cewa matakin lafiyar sabbin jiragen sama yana da aminci kamar jirgin sama na zamani," in ji Rutan.

Shirin ci gaba da gwadawa na SpaceShipTwo da jirginsa ya yi tafiyar hawainiya sakamakon wani mummunan fashewar da ya kashe ma'aikatan Scaled uku a watan Yulin da ya gabata a tashar jiragen ruwa da sararin samaniyar Mojave. A makon da ya gabata, ma'aikatan jihar California da masu sa ido kan tsaro sun ambaci Scaled saboda rashin ba da isasshen horo ga ma'aikata tare da ci tarar kamfanin sama da dala 25,000.

Rutan ya ce kamfaninsa yana aiki tare da masu sa ido da jami'ai na jihar don inganta amincin ma'aikata, amma har yanzu ba a san ainihin musabbabin fashewar ba yayin gwajin kwararar roka. Injin SpaceShipTwo na roka ba zai ƙare ba har sai an gano tushen fashewar, in ji shi.

Patricia Grace Smith, abokiyar gudanarwar FAA don jigilar sararin samaniyar kasuwanci, ta yaba da sadaukarwar Virgin Galactic da Scaled zuwa aminci bayan bayyanar SpaceShipTwo.

"Ruhun kasuwanci ne zai ciyar da kasar nan gaba," in ji Smith. "Wannan zai kama kamar wutar daji da ba mu taɓa gani ba."

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