I-Boeing yakha iprojekthi efanayo ne-SpaceX ye- $ 1.8 yezigidigidi ngaphezulu.Tim Peake / ESA / NASA ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaFetty Kwi-2014, i-NASA yanikezela ngezivumelwano ezibini zezigidigidi zeedola kwi-Boeing ne-SpaceX, ibayalela ukuba ngamnye akhe inkqubo yesiphekepheke esinokuhambisa oosomajukujuku baseMelika kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe (ISS), ngeenjongo zokuphelisa ukuthembela okuphela kwearhente yendawo. Izithuthi zaseRussia zakwaSoyuz zolu thumo.
Ezi nkampani zimbini zisakha iprojekthi enye yeNASA, kodwa ngamaxabiso ahlukileyo ngokwahlukileyo. Iikhontrakthi, ezinikezelwe phantsi kweNkqubo ye-NASA yezoRhwebo (CCP), zixabisa i-4.3 yezigidigidi zeedola kwi-Boeing kunye ne-2.5 yezigidi zeedola kwi-SpaceX. Kodwa unyango olukhethekileyo alupheleli apho. Ngaphezulu kwesixa semali esele siphezulu seBoeing, i-NASA ivumile ukuhlawula inkampani phantse i-300 yezigidi zeedola, uphicotho-zincwadi olutsha yi-arhente yendawo yeOfisi yoMhloli Jikelele (OIG) efumene.
Ukuhambisa oosomajukujuku kwi-ISS, iBoeing iceba ukusebenzisa i-Starliner spacecraftcraft kunye ne-Atlas V rocket, ngelixa i-SpaceX izakusebenzisa i-Dragon 2 capsule kunye ne-Falcon 9 rocket. I-NASA inike ikontrakta nganye imishini emithandathu yokuya nokubuya kwi-ISS. Kodwa ngenxa yobunzima bobuchwephesha beprojekthi, zombini ezi nkampani ziqhuba ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini emva kweshedyuli.
Ukubona umsantsa weenyanga ezili-18 ekufikeleleni kwe-NASA kwi-ISS phakathi kwemishini yesibini kunye neyesithathu ka-Boeing, i-NASA ivumile ukubhatala inkampani eyongezelelweyo $ 287.2 yezigidi ngaphezulu konxibelelwano olukhoyo ukukhawulezisa uthumo lwesithathu ukuya kolwesithandathu kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iBoeing iya kuqhubeka Umboneleli wabasebenzi bezorhwebo wesibini, ngokwengxelo yophicotho-zincwadi epapashwe ngoLwesine.
Kwezi mishini zine, i-NASA ihlawule amaxabiso aphakamileyo eBoeing ukulungisa ishedyuli ebangelwe kukulibaziseka kweenyanga ezili-13 zika-Boeing ekugqibeni uphononongo lwe-ISS Design Certification kwaye ngenxa ye-Boeing efuna amaxabiso aphezulu kunalawo achazwe kwikhontrakthi yexabiso elimiselweyo, uMhloli-Jikelele we-NASA UPaul Martin wabhala ingxelo , esongeza ukuba imbuyekezo ibingeyomfuneko ngokusekwe kuhlalutyo lomngcipheko we-Boeing ngo-2016.
U-Boeing akavumelani nesizathu sikaMartin sokuba intlawulo eyongezelelweyo yayikukugcina inkampani ijikeleze ixesha elide, eqonda ukuba iBoeing yenze utyalomali olubonakalayo kwinkqubo yabasebenzi bezorhwebo kwaye izimisele ngokupheleleyo ukubhabha i-CST-100 Starliner kunye nokugcina iSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe esinezixhobo. Iyasebenza, utshilo isithethi seBoeing kwingxelo.
UMartin uphinde waphakamisa umbuzo wokuba kutheni i-NASA ingakhange ithathele ingqalelo iSpaceX njengesisombululo esinokubakho kwingxaki yomda wokufikelela. Ngenxa yokuba injongo ye-NASA yayikukujongana nesikhewu sezothutho sabasebenzi, safumanisa ukuba i-SpaceX yayinganikwanga thuba lokuphakamisa isisombululo, nangona inkampani ngaphambili ibinikezela ngemveliso emifutshane ngexesha elikhokelayo kune-Boeing, wabhala.
Kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwala maqela mabini, iindleko ze-Boeing zophuhliso kunye novavanyo lwenqwelomoya zaziyi- $ 2.2 yezigidigidi, ngelixa i-SpaceX yayiyi- $ 1.2 yezigidigidi, ingxelo yophicotho iqikelelwa. Ukucinga ukuba i-mission nganye iyakuthatha oosomajukujuku abane ebhodini, indleko eziphakathi kwesihlalo ngasinye ziya kuba malunga ne- $ 90 yezigidi kwi-Boeing's Starliner kunye ne- $ 55 yezigidi kwi-SpaceX's Dragon 2.
Oku akubonakali kulungile, uthumele i-CEO ye-SpaceX u-Elon Musk ukuphendula Ingxelo yeArs Technica malunga neentlawulo ezongezelelweyo ze-NASA kwi-Boeing, okuthetha ukuba akulunganga ukuba iBoeing ifumana okungakumbi ngento efanayo.
Oku akubonakali kulungile
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) NgoNovemba 15, 2019
Intsingiselo ayifanelekanga ukuba iBoeing ifumana okungakumbi kwinto efanayo
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) NgoNovemba 15, 2019
