IBlue Origin kaGary Lai phambi kweNew Shepard Crew Capsule emva kokugqiba ukuzilolonga nge-astronaut ngexesha le-Mission NS-15.Imvelaphi eBlue Indawo yabucala kaJeff Bezos Imvelaphi eBlue utshilo uLwesine kungekudala uza kuqala ukuthengisa amatikiti kwabo banqwenela ukuba ngabakhenkethi beendawo zokukhwela ukuya emaphethelweni omoya woMhlaba kurokethi yakhe entsha yaseNew Shepard.
Iinkcukacha zinqabile. Abo banomdla bayalelwa ukuba babhalise kwiwebhusayithi yeBlue Origin ukuze bafunde indlela yokuthenga isihlalo sokuqala eNew Shepard. Olunye ulwazi luya kubhengezwa nge-5 kaMeyi.
Ividiyo yokunyusa ekhutshwe ngoLwesine inezinto iBezos eqhuba IRivian R1T ilori yombane ngapha kovavanyo lweBlue Origin kwintlango yasentshona Texas kunye nokungena kwikhampasi yabasebenzi baseNew Shepard kanye emva kokufika kovavanyo. (I-Rivian iphethwe yiAmazon kwaye inesivumelwano sokwenza iilori ezingama-100,000 zokuhambisa i-e-commerce enkulu.
Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, uvavanyo lweBlue Origin lwabhabha i-new Shepard crew capsule kwi-rocket yaseNew Shepard kwindawo yaseTexas. I-capsule yenyuka yaya kubude obumalunga ne-350,000 yeenyawo (i-106 yeekhilomitha) emva koko yathamba yawela entlango ngoncedo lweeparashute ezinkulu ezintathu. Nangona indiza yayingenabo abakhweli, impumelelo yayo yaphawula inyathelo lokuqinisekisa ngaphambi kokuba inkqubo ye-booster-capsule ibhabhe abantu, utshilo uBlue Origin.
Inkqubo entsha yaseShepard yenzelwe ukuthwala abakhweli abathandathu ngokukhwela nje ngaphaya kweKármán Line, eyahlula umhlaba kunye nomhlaba ongaphandle. Njengesiphekepheke esijolise kukhenketho esenziwe yiSpaceX kunye neVirgin Galactic, I-capsule yabasebenzi baseBlue Origin ineefestile ezinkulu ezinika abakhweli umbono ocacileyo weplanethi yethu yekhaya ngexesha lokubaleka. I-capsule iya kudubula inyukele kwindawo ephezulu malunga ne-100km kwi-booster yaseNew Shepard. Kwaye ekubuyeni kwabo abakhweli baya kuba namava malunga nemizuzu eli-10 yobunzima njengosomajukujuku wokwenene.
Olu hambo luvakala lufana kakhulu nephakheji yendawo yokhenketho enikezelwa Intombi eyiGalactic , Ukuphuma kurhwebo kuye kwalibaziseka amatyeli amaninzi ngenxa yokuvavanywa komqobo.
Lindela ithegi yamaxabiso afanayo kwinkqubo yeMvelaphi eBlue. U-Bezos uthe iBlue Origin iya kubiza inqwelomoya kwiNew Shepard ngokufanayo nakwabo bakhuphisana nabo. Ukubhabha kweVirgin Galactic kubiza ama- $ 250,000 kwisihlalo ngasinye. Inkqubo ye- URichard Branson Inkampani edumileyo ithengise ngaphezulu kwama-600 obhukisho kwaye yafumana ngaphezulu kwe-8,000 ubhaliso lomdla kwi-intanethi.
Emuva ngo-2018, iBlue Origin ngaphakathi avuza kumajelo eendaba ukuba iinqwelomoya zinokuxabisa phakathi kwama- $ 200,000 kunye nama- $ 300,000, nto leyo yayihambelana noko kwahlawuliswa yiVirgin ngeloxesha. Ixabiso lokugqibela linokuba phezulu kakhulu, ukuba iBezos ifuna ngokwenene ukwenza indawo yokhenketho kwindawo efanelekileyo. Intombi eyiVirgin kutsha nje icacisile ukuba inokunyusa amaxabiso etikiti xa inikwe ibango elinamandla, ngaphandle kwento yokuba ayikahambi nabakhweli bezorhwebo okwangoku.
