UPHAM, NM - Hamada mai fadi da ke kudancin New Mexico ya dade yana zama hanya mai mahimmanci: Masu cin nasara na Spain sun yi amfani da shi don daidaita Arewacin Amirka, kuma jiragen karusai da titin dogo sun bi ta kan hanyarsu ta zuwa California.
A yau, New Mexico na fatan wuraren kiwo da aka manta da su na kiwo da tsaunuka za su zama hanyar shiga sararin samaniya.
Gwamna Bill Richardson da sauran su na shirin kaddamar da wani gini a ranar Juma'a a kan ginin tashar tasha da rataye a tashar jiragen ruwa ta farko ta kasuwanci da aka gina da nufin harba 'yan kasa masu zaman kansu zuwa sararin samaniya domin samun riba. Wasu mutane 250 ne ke yin layi don biyan dala 200,000 kowannensu don yin balaguro a farkon shekara mai zuwa.
Ana kiran shi Spaceport America, aikin da aka ba da kuɗin haraji na dala miliyan 200 wanda sararin samaniya ba shi da iyaka. Daga titin jirgin sama mai tsawon ƙafa 10,000, kumbon za su ɗauki jirgin da ke makale da jirgin sama, sannan su fasa yin roka mai nisan mil 62 zuwa sararin samaniya kafin su dawo wurin. Jirgin zai dauki kimanin sa'o'i biyu kuma ya hada da mintuna biyar na rashin nauyi.
Almarar kimiyya? Ba ta kowane mikewa ba.
"Hakika ne," in ji Steve Landeene, babban darektan tashar sararin samaniya. “Ba za ku ƙara magana game da abubuwan da aka zana a takarda ba. Abubuwan da ake amfani da su na boondoggle sun fara ɓacewa."
Tashar jiragen sama za ta yi aiki kamar filin jirgin sama, tana ba da wurin da kamfanonin sararin samaniya za su iya ba da hayar gini da rataye sararin samaniya. Virgin Galactic, kamfani mallakin hamshakin attajirin Biritaniya Sir Richard Branson, shine zai zama dan haya na tashar sararin samaniya.
Masu fafatawa kamar XCOR Aerospace da Armadillo Aerospace suna haɓaka jiragen sama don jiragen $95,000. Kuma yayin da jiragen ke zama na yau da kullun, farashin ya kamata ya ragu.
Ana ba da shawarar irin waɗannan ayyukan tashar jiragen ruwa a Texas, Florida, Oklahoma da sauran wurare. Bayan New Mexico, Virgin Galactic kuma tana fatan jigilar masu yawon bude ido zuwa sararin samaniya daga arewacin Sweden.
Tashar sararin samaniyar Amurka kusan fiye da yawon shakatawa na sararin samaniya. Landeene ya ce cibiyar za ta kuma tabo wasu harkokin kasuwanci kamar binciken likitanci da ayyukan sadarwa.
Jami’an jihar sun ce wurin zai samar da ayyukan gine-gine 500 nan da shekaru hudu masu zuwa tare da haifar da ci gaban tattalin arziki, ilimi da yawon bude ido ga tsararraki.
"Zai kawo ayyukan yi, baiwa dalibanmu damar samun sana'o'in lissafi da kimiyya a nan New Mexico da kuma haifar da yawon bude ido da sauran ayyukan tattalin arziki na dogon lokaci," in ji Landeene.
Budurwar Galactic da mai tsara sararin samaniya na Amurka Burt Rutan na kera wata sana'a da za ta dauki fasinjoji a cikin nishadi daga tashar sararin samaniyar New Mexico. A cikin 2004, Rutan's SpaceShipOne ya zama sana'a na farko da aka kera na mutum don isa sararin samaniya.
SpaceShipTwo, wanda ke karkashin ci gaba a ginin Rutan a California, za a yi amfani da shi ta hanyar wata uwa mai suna White Knight Two, wanda aka bayyana a bazarar da ta gabata. Karamin sana'ar za ta rabu da roka zuwa sararin samaniya.
Ana shirin kammala titin jirgin saman sararin samaniyar Amurka a bazara mai zuwa. Ya kamata tashar tasha da hangar su kasance a shirye don masu haya a cikin Disamba 2010, lokacin da Virgin Galactic ke fatan fara ɗaukar masu yawon bude ido daga sama.
mil biyar daga tashar tashar harba rokoki masu ƙafa 20 da ake amfani da su galibi don gwaje-gwajen kimiyya. Yana aiki tsawon shekaru biyu da suka gabata.
Judy da Phil Wallin da ’yarsu, Amanda, suna zaune ne a wani gidan kiwo mai nisan mil daga kushin ƙaddamarwa.
“Mene ne ganin ta hau? Yana da 'chick-koom,' kuma ya tafi," in ji Judy Wallin. "Yana da ban sha'awa."
Da aka tambaye shi ko zai yi la'akari da hawa sararin samaniya, Phil Wallin ya yi dariya ya ce, "Ina son tabbacin tafiya zagaye kafin in hau."
Judy Wallin ta kara da cewa: "Muna so mu tafi kan wanda ke da madaidaiciyar hanyar tururi, ba wanda ke da tururi ba."
