Indawo yokubaleka yeNASA yokuShiyeka iya kusetyenziswa yiSpaceplane esitsha ngo-2022

Indawo yeenyawo eyi-15,000-ubude (2.83 yeemayile) kwindawo yaseKennedy Space eFlorida eyayikade iyindawo yokubamba indawo yoosomajukujuku beNASA ababuya kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe kungekudala iza kuphinda isetyenziswe yinkampani yabucala okokuqala ukusukela kwiNASA uthathe umhlala-phantsi ngenkqubo yeshatile.

I-Sierra Nevada Corporation esekwe kwi-Nevada ibhengeze ngolwe-Lwesibini ukuba ingene kwisivumelwano sokusetyenziswa ne-Space Florida yokubeka umhlaba kwi-flight Chaser ye-Dream Chaser kwiZiko lokuSungula kunye nokuFikelela eKennedy Space Centre yase-Kennedy (LLF). Umgaqo weenqwelo moya uququzelele uthumo lwesiphekepheke esingama-78 ukusukela ngo-1981 ukuya kowama-2011.

ISierra Nevada inekhontrakthi ye-NASA yokubhabha ubuncinci kwimithwalo yempahla ezintandathu kwi-ISS nge-Dream Chaser. Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya ilindelwe ekuqaleni konyaka wama-2022. Iphupha iChaser liza kuphehlelela phezulu irokhethi yeUnited Vulcan Centaur irokethi esuka eCape Canaveral Space Force Station, kanye ngakwicala leLLF.

Eli linyathelo elibalulekileyo kubo bobabini i-Dream Chaser kunye nekamva lokuhamba emajukujeleni, u-CEO we-Sierra Nevada uFatih Ozmen uthe kwingxelo . Ukufumana imoto yorhwebo ebuya kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe esiya emajukujukwini kwindlela yokufika kweenqwelo-moya okokuqala ngqa okokoko inkqubo ye-NASA yesiphekepheke yaphela kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo iya kuba yimpumelelo yembali.

Isivumelwano sokusetyenziswa senza iSierra Nevada ibe ngumsebenzisi wokuqala wentengiso weSpace Florida's Federal Aviation Administration Re-entry Site Operator License, sitsho ingxelo. ISierra Nevada kusafuneka ifake isicelo selayisensi yokungena kwakhona ye-FAA ngaphambi kokuba ibhabhe i-Dream Chaser mission yayo yokuqala.

I-Sierra Nevada yayikhuphisana ne-SpaceX kunye ne-Boeing bekhuphisana nekhontrakthi ye-NASA yokubhabha oosomajukujuku rhoqo kwi-ISS phantsi kweNkqubo yeArhente yoRhwebo. I-NASA yaphela Ukukhetha i-SpaceX kunye neBoeing Iprojekthi ngo-2014, eyabangela iSierra Nevada ukuba igxile ekuphuhliseni iziphekepheke zemithwalo.

Nangona kunjalo, inkampani ayinikezelanga ngokupheleleyo kubhabho lwesithuba sabantu.ISierra Nevada kutsha nje ibhengeze ukuba izakuyijikeleza Iqela leNkqubo yeeNdawo njengenkampani ezimeleyo ebizwa ngokuba yiSierra Space. Iyunithi ikhulisa indawo yokuhlala eyandisiweyo ebizwa ngokuba yiNdawo eNkulu yeNdalo eHlanganisiweyo (UBOMI). Ukuba uphumelele, indawo yokuhlala inokwandiswa ibe yindawo yokuthengisa kwisitishi esisezantsi somhlaba, umbono oqhubeka ujongwa ngoorhulumente kunye iinkampani zabucala kumhlaba jikelele.