Umxholo wesinyusi sendawo enyanga awuyonto intsha.UVladimir SmirnovTASS ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Ukusuka kwi-NASA kunye ne-ESA (i-European Space Agency) ukuya kuJeff Bezos kunye no-Elon Musk, liziko ngalinye lesithuba kunye nephupha le-billionaire lephupha lokubuyela enyangeni kule nkulungwane. Kodwa ngelixa iiarhente zikarhulumente kunye noosomashishini bendawo bonke begxile ekwakheni isiphekepheke ukuhambisa abantu phakathi koMhlaba nenyanga, isibini sososayensi abancinci abavela kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia banoluvo olucacileyo lwe-sci-fi-esque olunokuthi lusebenze kwaye lubize ixabiso elingaphantsi kakhulu kwerokethi. Inkqubo yesithuba.
Kwiphepha ipapashwe kwindawo yokugcina ekhompyutheni i-arXiv ngo-Agasti, abafundi be-astronomy e-Columbia uZephyr Penoyre no-Emily Sandford bacebisa umbono we-elevator yenyanga, leyo kanye kanye evakala ngathi-ilifti ende kakhulu edibanisa inyanga neplanethi yethu.
Umbono wesinyusi senyanga awumtsha. Ngeminyaka yoo-1970, iingcamango ezifanayo zadada zaya kwiintsomi (Arthur C. Clarke's Imithombo yeParadesi , umzekelo) nangabahlohli abafana noJerome Pearson kunye no Yuri Artsutanov.
Kodwa isifundo saseColumbia sahlukile kwisindululo sangaphambili ngendlela ebalulekileyo: endaweni yokwakha ilifti ebusweni bomhlaba (ayinakwenzeka netekhnoloji yanamhlanje), iya kubambeka enyangeni kwaye yolule iikhilomitha ezingama-200,000 ukuya eMhlabeni de ibethe i-geostationary orbit. ukuphakama (malunga ne-22,236 yeemayile ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle), apho izinto zijikeleza uMhlaba ngokutshixa kunye nokujikeleza kweplanethi.
Ukujingisa ilifti yasemajukujuku ukuphakama kungaphelisa isidingo sokubeka ubunzima obukhulu kufutshane nomjikelezo woMhlaba ukulungelelanisa amandla amakhulu omxhuzulane womhlaba ukuba ilifti ibinokwakhiwa ukusuka emhlabeni. Le ndlela inokuthintela nasiphi na isindululo esihambelanayo phakathi komphezulu womhlaba kunye nendawo engezantsi kwendawo ye-geostationary orbit kwindawo yokugoba okanye yokujija ilifti.
Ezi azizukuba yingxaki kwinyanga kuba ukutsala kwenyanga kuncinci kakhulu kwaye ukujikeleza kwenyanga kutshixiwe, oko kuthetha ukuba inyanga igcina ubuso obufanayo bujolise eMhlabeni ngexesha lokujikeleza kwayo, ke ngoko akukho sisindululo esihambelana nendawo ye-anchor.
Emva kokwenza izibalo, abaphandi baqikelela ukuba olona hlobo lulula lwelifti lunokuba yintambo encinci kunepensile kwaye inobunzima malunga neepawundi ezingama-88,000, eziphakathi komthwalo wokuhlawulwa kwesizukulwana esilandelayo seNASA okanye iRocketX rocket.
Yonke le projekthi inokubiza iidola ezimbalwa zeerandi, nto leyo iphakathi kwebhiliyoni enye yenkuthazo, utshilo uPenoyre.
Abakhenkethi bexesha elizayo bonyanzeleka ukuba bakhwele irokethi, nangona kunjalo, ukubhabhela phezulu kwindawo yokuxhoma ilifti, emva koko badlulisele kwisithuthi serobhothi, esiya kunyuka intambo kude kuye enyangeni.
