Riaan Indiza i-VMS EVE iphethe umkhumbi-mkhathi i-VSS Unity ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwendiza.
I-Virgin Galactic
I-Virgin Galactic yethule ibhanoyi layo lokuqala emkhathini cishe eminyakeni emibili ngoLwesine, okuyisivivinyo sokugcina esibalulekile senkampani yezokuvakasha emkhathini ngaphambi kokuthi iqale ukundiza abagibeli bezentengiselwano.
Le mishini ebizwa ngokuthi i-Unity 25, imele indiza-mkhathi yesihlanu yenkampani kuze kube manje futhi yethulwe e-Spaceport America eNew Mexico. Kuphawula indiza “yokuhlolwa kokugcina”, enabasebenzi abayisithupha be-Virgin Galactic abagibele uhambo olufushane oluya emaphethelweni esikhala.
izindaba zokutshala izimali ezihlobene
I-Virgin Galactic ayisakazeli bukhoma indiza indiza, ngokungafani nokundiza kwayo emkhathini kwangaphambilini okwathwala umsunguli uSir Richard Branson ngoJulayi 2021. Kunalokho inkampani inikeza izibuyekezo ngenqubekelaphambili ye-Unity 25 ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Amasheya e-Virgin Galactic ehle cishe ngo-6% ekuhwebeni kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kusukela ekuvaleni kwawo kwangaphambilini kwe- $4.41 isheya.
Indiza ethwala i-VMS Eve yasuka cishe ngo-11:15 am ET, ithwele umkhumbi-mkhathi wenkampani i-VSS Unity waze wafika endaweni engamafidi angaba ngu-40,000. I-VMS Eve ikhiphe imoto esebenza ngamarokhethi ngemva nje kwasemini ye-ET ukuze i-VSS Unity iqhumise injini yayo futhi ikhuphuke idlule amakhilomitha angu-80 (noma cishe amafithi angu-262,000) – ukuphakama i-US ekubona njengomngcele wesikhala.
Okwaziwa njenge-sub-orbital, lolu hlobo lwe-spaceflight inikeza abagibeli imizuzu embalwa yesisindo, ngokungafani nesikhathi eside, esinzima kakhulu futhi esibiza kakhulu izindiza ezizimele ze-orbital olwenziwa ngu Isithombe sika-Elon Musk I-SpaceX. Ngokuya ngomphumela kanye nedatha eqoqwe ku-Unity 25, inkampani ihlose ukundiza umsebenzi wayo wokuqala wezohwebo “ngasekupheleni kukaJuni.”
I-VSS Unity ihlolwe nguMike Masucci we-Virgin Galactic kanye no-CJ Sturckow, kuyilapho indiza yenkampani yenkampani i-VMS Eve indiza u-Jameel Janjua no-Nicola Pecile. Endlini yabagibeli kukhona u-Chief Astronaut Instructor u-Beth Moses, kanye nomqeqeshi wezosomkhathi u-Luke Mays, umphathi omkhulu wobunjiniyela uChristopher Huie, kanye nomphathi omkhulu wezokuxhumana kwangaphakathi uJamila Gilbert.
Isikhathi esibalulekile
Ukubuka kwasemoyeni kwendiza yenkampani yenethiwekhi i-VMS Eve, kwesokunxele, kanye ne-spacecraft VSS Unity, e-Spaceport America e-New Mexico ngo-Feb. 27, 2023.
I-Virgin Galactic
I-Unity 25 imele isikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni we-Virgin Galactic, eye yabhekana nezihibe eziphindaphindiwe kanye nokubambezeleka kweminyaka ekuthuthukiseni uhlelo lwayo lokundiza emkhathini.
Ubhanoyi lwasemkhathini lukaBranson cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule lweza ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-17 yomsebenzi, futhi ngaphezu kwesigidigidi samadola atshalwe enkampanini. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ukuthuthukiswa komkhumbi-mkhathi kwabona izinhlekelele eziningana, kuhlanganise nokuqhuma kwenjini yerokhethi phansi ngo-2007 eyabulala abasebenzi abathathu be-Virgin Galactic contractor Scaled Composites, kanye nokuphahlazeka kwemoto yokuqala ye-SpaceShipTwo, i-VSS Enterprise, ngo-2014 eyabulala i-Scaled. umsizi wendiza uMichael Alsbury kanye nomshayeli wendiza olimele u-Peter Siebold njengoba benza indiza yokuhlola yomkhumbi-mkhathi ophethwe yi-Virgin Galactic.
Ngemuva kokundiza komkhathi kaBranson, i-Virgin Galactic yamisa ukusebenza isikhathi eside kunaleso ebesilindelwe ngesikhathi inkampani isebenzela umkhumbi-mkhathi kanye nendiza ethwala impahla, ilandela uphenyo lwe-FAA ngephutha phakathi nohambo lwakhe. Inqubo yokuvuselela yayihloselwe ukuthatha cishe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili kuya kweziyi-10, kodwa yagcina ithathe cishe izinyanga eziyi-16.
I-Virgin Galactic ayikakhiqizi imali ezuzisayo, futhi idinga ukundiza izindiza zasemkhathini njalo ukuze yenze lokho. Ngenkathi inkampani inemali ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama- $ 900 kanye nezibambiso esandleni, yayo Ukushiswa kwemali ngekota kuyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka njengoba itshala imali eningi ekwandiseni imikhumbi-mkhathi yayo.
I-Virgin Galactic idinga ukuletha ukumaketha isigaba sayo se-Delta sesikhathi esizayo ukuze indize izindiza zamasonto onke, kodwa lezo mikhumbi-mkhathi akulindelekile ziqale ukundiza kuze kube ngu-2026.
I-VSS Unity yakhelwe ukuthwala abagibeli abafika kwabayisithupha kanye nabashayeli bezindiza ababili. Inkampani inokubhukha okungu-600 kwamathikithi ezindizeni ezizayo, athengiswa ngamanani aphakathi kuka-$200,000 no-$250,000 lilinye. It iphinde yavula ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi ngo-2021amanani aqala ku-$450,000 ngesihlalo ngasinye.
