URichard Branson, uMseki weVirgin Galactic poses ngaphambi kokukhala kwe-First Trade Bell ukukhumbula usuku lokuqala lwenkampani kurhwebo kwiNew York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ngo-Okthobha 28, 2019 kwisiXeko saseNew York.UJOHANNES EISELE / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Njengokuba umhlaba ubukele uvavanyo olukhulu lweSpaceX kule Starship kule veki, enye inkampani yendawo yesigidigidi ikwalungiselela nomsebenzi wembali. IVirgin Galactic, indawo yokuqalisa ukhenketho esekwe ngusomashishini waseBritane URichard Branson , ilungiselela ukubhabha kwayo kokuqala kwabantu eSpaceport America eNew Mexico kanye nje ngolwesiHlanu.
Iya kuba yintombazana yesithathu yovavanyo lwe-Virgin Galactic (ezimbini ezidlulileyo zisuswe eMojave Air and Space Port eCalifornia ngoDisemba 2018 nangoFebruwari 2019, ngokwahlukeneyo) kunye neyokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba inkampani isungule inkonzo yayo yezokhenketho ye- $ 250,000-per-seat .
Uvavanyo oluzayo lwalucwangciselwe inyanga ephelileyo, kodwa lwalunjalo kuhlehlisiwe ngenxa yezithintelo zeNews Mexico ze-COVID-19. IVirgin Galactic ngoku ijolise kwifestile yokubhabha engadlulanga uLwesihlanu, ngoku kulindelwe iimeko zemozulu. Ngaphantsi komyalelo wezempilo kawonkewonke wangoku, kuphela ngabasebenzi ababalulekileyo kwimishini abaya kuba kwindawo yokuqaliswa.
Siyavuya ngokusingathwa kwendiza yokuqala yabantu esuka eNew Mexico, utshilo uMlawuli weSikhashana we-Spaceport America uScott McLaughlin kwingxelo ngoLwesibini. Lo ngumzuzu omangalisayo kwilizwe lonke. Iqela lethu lisebenza ngokusondeleyo neVirgin Galactic kangangeenyanga ezininzi ukuqinisekisa ukuba yonke into ilungile.
Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ababini kwinqwelomoya ezayo, uDave Mackay noC.J. Sturckow, bazakube benxibe ispacesuit esandula ukutyhilwa sikaVirgin Gal esenziwe yiUnder Armor.
Ngokungafaniyo nomsebenzi werokethi, isiphekepheke sikaVirgin siza kuqala kwindlela yokubaleka, ngesithuthi esinamaphiko seSpaceShipTwo, iVSS Unity, eqhotyoshelwe kwinqwelomoya yenqwelomoya ebizwa ngokuba yiWhiteKnightTwo. Nje ukuba ufike kubude obumalunga neenyawo ezingama-50 000 (i-15,000 yeemitha), ophetheyo uya kuyilahla indawo yenqwelomoya, eya kuthi emva koko itshise eyayo irocket motor kunye nentloko iye kwindawo engaphantsi.
Ubunye besithuba esibini buxolelaniswe nokuba ngumama wethu, i-VMS Eve, njengoko amalungiselelo eqhubeka ngenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yokuqala evela eSpaceport America, eNew Mexico. pic.twitter.com/5ZXcQPu4bx
-IVirgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) NgoDisemba 6, 2020
Abantu abasibhozo iVirgin Galactic Pilot Corps bazakunxiba isuti yangaphantsi kunye neembadada kwiinqwelomoya ezizayo- kubandakanya inqwelomoya yokuqala evela eNew Mexico, ekufuneka ibekho kulenyanga ngokuvulwa kwefestile yenqwelomoya ngomhla we-11 kuDisemba. https://t.co/YbynLXt6kp pic.twitter.com/H5jR2eV12x
-IVirgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) NgoDisemba 4, 2020
