Jirgin yawon bude ido na sararin samaniya yayi gwajin farko

Wani jirgin dakon kaya da aka kera don zama matakin farko na tsarin layin kasuwanci ya yi gwajinsa na farko a yau a tashar Mojave Air and Space Port da ke California.

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"Babban rana ce," in ji Stuart Witt, babban manajan Mojave Air and Space Port. “Ina tsammanin lokaci ne na tunani na gaske. Lokacin da kowa ke neman ceto, har yanzu akwai mutanen da ke yin wani abu don babban dalili, ”ya gaya wa SPACE.com.

Bayan tashin jirage da yawa na girgiza, WhiteKnightTwo za a yi amfani da shi tare da SpaceShipTwo da ke ƙarƙashin ginin yanzu. Shi ma wannan jirgin na roka da Scaled Composites na Mojave, California ke kera shi. Daga ƙarshe WhiteKnightTwo shine ɗaukar jirgin sama zuwa tsayin daka, inda zai tashi ya nufi jiragen sama na ƙarƙashin ƙasa.

Haɗin WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo shine zai zama kashin bayan ayyukan layin sararin samaniya na Sir Richard Branson na Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic yana da oda guda biyar na SpaceShipTwo roka jiragen sama da biyu daga cikin jirgin dakon kaya, tare da zaɓuɓɓuka akan ƙari.

Idan aka ba da jerin matakan gwajin gwaji a Mojave Air and Space Port, za a yi amfani da tsarin layin sararin samaniya ta hanyar kasuwanci a tashar sararin samaniyar Amurka da ake ginawa a New Mexico. Alamar farashin kowane wurin zama a kan matukin jirgi biyu/fasinja shida na yankin SpaceShipTwo shine $200,000.

Bayanin jirgin sama

Jirgin gwajin na tsawon sa'a guda na WhiteKnightTwo ya yi amfani da mafi ƙarancin ma'aikatan gwajin jirgin.

"Kuma a nan muna da safiyar Lahadi ... a wani wuri a nan a tsakiyar babu inda kuma abubuwa masu kyau suna faruwa. Yayi kyau kawai, "in ji Witt. “Abin da ke kawo mutane zuwa wannan kufai a safiyar Lahadi a watan Disamba ya fi abin da ya tilasta su a nan. Ƙirƙirar da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu ke cike da ɓarna saboda NASA ta watsar da kashi 90 cikin XNUMX na akwatin yashi kuma ta bar shi a buɗe don mu cika. "

Shaida kan jirgin Dick Rutan ne wanda a watan Disambar 1986 ya tuka jirgin Voyager a duk duniya ba tare da tsayawa ba tare da taimakon Jeana Yeager. Shi ɗan'uwan Burt Rutan ne, Babban Jami'in Fasaha kuma Shugaban Emeritus na Scaled Composites.

"Dukkan ya yi kyau...duk manyan abubuwa sun yi aiki da kyau," Rutan ya gaya wa SPACE.com. “Gaba ɗaya, kashi 99 cikin ɗari akan manufa kuma kowa yana farin ciki da gaske. Za ku sami jirgin sama mai ban mamaki kuma ku tashi ku saukar da shi… kuma ba shi da lafiya a kan bene."

Shirin sararin kasuwanci

A cikin 2004, wani ƙaramin jirgin saman WhiteKnight ya ɗaga SpaceShipOne - tsarin harbawa wanda ya ba da damar jirgin ruwan roka na farko wanda ba na gwamnati ba ya tashi zuwa gefen sararin samaniya. Jiragen sama na baya-baya na SpaceShipOne a waccan shekarar sun sami ƙungiyar Haɗaɗɗen Ma'auni, dala miliyan 10 a cikin kuɗin Ansari X Prize.

A ranar 15 ga Disamba, Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta New Mexico (NMSA) ta ba da sanarwar cewa Spaceport America ta karɓi rikodin yanke hukunci da lasisi don ayyukan harba a tsaye da a kwance daga Ofishin Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Tarayya na Sufurin Sararin Samaniya.

A cikin labarin da ke da alaƙa, bayan 'yan kwanaki, NMSA ta sanar da zaɓin Gerald Martin Construction Management na Albuquerque, New Mexico, don kula da aikin gina tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka.

Amincewar gwamnati da zaɓin kamfanin gine-gine sune matakai na gaba a kan hanyar zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa mai cikakken aiki, in ji Babban Daraktan NMSA, Steven Landeene. "Muna kan hanyar fara gini a farkon kwata na 2009, kuma mun kammala ginin mu cikin sauri," in ji Landeene a cikin wata sanarwar manema labarai.

Ana sa ran NMSA ta sami rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar hayar tare da Virgin Galactic a karshen wannan watan.

NMSA a halin yanzu tana aiwatar da ayyukan harbawa a tsaye a Spaceport America don haɓakawa a cikin 2009 da kuma fara ginin da za a fara a shekara mai zuwa akan tashar tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma wurin da za a yi amfani da shi don ayyukan Virgin Galactic. Za a kammala waɗannan gine-gine a ƙarshen 2010.