Injineli yokuqhubela phambili kwe-Boeing uMonica Hopkins unyuka ephuma kwimodyuli ye-CST-100 Starliner crew.UPhelan M. Ebenhack / KwiWashington Post ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty ISpaceX sele ibonakalisile ukuba kungcono ekwakheni iziphekepheke ezithwala abantu kuneBoeing. Ngoku ishedyuli yayo yokusebenza exakekileyo iyayiphazamisa iinzame zikaBoeing zokubamba. I-SpaceX inemishini emininzi ecwangciselwe ukufika kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe kwiinyanga ezizayo ukuba akukho zibuko lokumisa lifumanekayo kwiBoeing yokuqhuba iindiza zovavanyo.
I-SpaceX kunye ne-Boeing bobabini bekhontrakthi phantsi kweNkqubo ye-CASA yezoRhwebo, enikwe umsebenzi wokwakha inkqubo ye-rocket-spacecraft esebenza kwakhona yokuhambisa oosomajukujuku kunye nemithwalo yokuhlawula kwi-ISS. Inkqubo ye-SpaceX iqulethe i-Falcon 9 booster kunye ne-capsule entsha ebizwa ngokuba yi-Dragon, kwaye i-Boeing yakha i-capsule ebizwa ngokuba yi-Starliner ukuba iqaliswe kwi-rocket ye-United Launch Alliance Atlas V.
I-SpaceX ihambise i-Dragon capsule ngoMeyi ophelileyo kwaye ibhabhe ngempumelelo oosomajukujuku abathandathu kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini ngemishini emibini. I-Boeing, ngokuchaseneyo, isekhona kunzima uku phakamisa i-Starliner emhlabeni.
Uvavanyo oluphambili oluzayo kukumilisela i-CST-100 Starliner capsule engafakwanga kwi-ISS, ibeke kwizibuko lesikhululo kangangeveki, kwaye ibhabhe ibuyele eMhlabeni. Uvavanyo, olubizwa ngokuba yi-OFT-2, lwalucwangciselwe le nyanga. Kodwa iBoeing kusenokufuneka iyityhale ibuyele kuJulayi okanye ngo-Agasti ngenxa yokuxinana kwezithuthi kufutshane namazibuko e-ISS kwiiveki ezizayo.
I-Starliner yeBoeing kufuneka ibekwe kwizibuko ngeadaptha yamazwe aphesheya. Zimbini kuphela izibuko ezinjalo kwisitishi sasemajukujukwini. Omnye wabo ngoku uhlala kwi-Dragon capsule esetyenziswe kwi-SpaceX's Crew-1 mission, esungulwe ngo-Novemba ophelileyo. Elinye izibuko liza kuhlala kwelinye iphilisi yenyoka ngo-Epreli 22 xa i-SpaceX isungula i-Crew-2 mission yayo ethwele oosomajukujuku abane. I-Crew-2 isithuthi siya kuhlala siqhotyoshelwe kwisitishi sithuba kangangeenyanga ezintandathu. Kwaye kwakamsinya emva kokuba uCrew-1 ebuyile eMhlabeni ngo-Epreli 28, i-SpaceX imithwalo yemithwalo imiselwe ukumiliselwa ngoJuni 3 ukuhlala kwizibuko elishiyiweyo kude kube phakathi kuJulayi.
Oko kushiya iBoeing malunga nefestile yenyanga enye ngoMeyi yokuqhuba uvavanyo lweStarliner. Ngaphandle koko, kuya kufuneka ilinde kude kube nguJulayi.
Ukuphehlelelwa ngoMeyi kubonakala kunqabile, kuba iBoeing khange ibonelele ngohlaziyo kuvavanyo ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Matshi. Imithombo emibini yeNASA ixelelwe I-Ars Technica ukuba i-Starliner isondele ekulungiseleleni, kushiyeke iimvavanyo ezimbalwa ezincinci zokuqinisekisa isiphekepheke sendiza.
Ngokusekwe kukugcwala kwabantu kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini, i-NASA ayilindelanga ukuba i-OFT-2 inokufezekiswa kamva ngo-Epreli. I-NASA kunye neBoeing basebenzela ukufumana owokuqala umhla wokumiliselwa, utshilo uBoeing ingxelo yomhla kaMatshi 4.
Inzame yokugqibela ka-Boeing yokuvavanya i-Starliner yayingo-Disemba ka-2019. I-Starliner engafakwanga yehlulekile ukufikelela kwi-ISS kwaye yabuyela eMhlabeni ngenqwelomoya yovavanyo.
