I-Dawn ye-Space Age entsha
Kwaphela malunga namashumi amathandathu ithuba lokuhamba kwisikhala ligcinelwe abantu abambalwa ababizwa ngokuba yi-astronauts. La madoda nabesifazana baye baqeqeshwa ngokugqithiseleyo kwaye bachitha iminyaka bekulungiselela nje ithuba lokuba basuke kwiPlanethi yoMhlaba baze bafike emazulwini angentla.
Kodwa, oko kungatshintshwa kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo njengoko inani leekhampani zeekhamera lisondele ngakumbi ekwenzeni indawo yokurhweba ukuhamba ngenene. Ukuba uke waphupha ukujikeleza kwiplanethi yethu - okanye ukutyelela inyanga - ithuba lakho linokuza kungekudala kunokuba ungacinga. Nalu uluhlu lwethu lweenkampani ezinhlanu ezisebenzela ukwenza uhambo lwentengiso lwenene.
01 ngo 05
Isikhundla X
Ukuba kukho enye inkampani esondeleyo yokwenza uqobo lwendawo yokurhweba ukuhamba ngenene mhlawumbi indawo ye-Space X. Inkampani sele isetyenziselwa i-rocket system yokubuyisela ukuhlawula kwi-International Space Station - kwaye ithumele ama-satellites kwi-orbit- kwiminyaka ngoku, ebonisa ukuba inkqubo yendawo yokuzimela iyasebenza. Kodwa kungekudala i-Space X yenze iinqununu xa ivakalisa ukuba iyathumela isibini sabakhenkethi kwinyanga ngo-2018. Ubungqina babo bahambayo abubonakalwanga okwamanje, kwaye akukho xabiso abavumile ukuhlawula ngalo. Kodwa ukuba uphumelele, lo mzamo awuyi kuba ngumsebenzisi kuphela kwiminyaka emitsha ekuhambeni kwendawo kodwa ubuyele abantu kwinyanga okokuqala kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-40.
Njengokuba oko kwakungonelanga, i-Space X CEO u-Elon Musk uye wachaza ukuba unethemba lokuba uthumele i-Maritime eyenziwa ngumntu ukususela ngo-2022.
02 we 05
Blue Origin
Isikhundla X asiyena yedwa inkampani eneemveliso ekuthumeleleni abahambi bezorhwebo kwindawo. I-Blue Origin iye yazisa kwakhona injongo yayo yokuqalisa ukuhlawula abathengi kwi-orbit kwaye uye wabonisa ngaphakathi yangaphakathi kwenkompo yayo. Iindiza zokuvavanya zilindeleke ukuba ziqale kamva kulo nyaka, kunye neyokuqala zokuhlaziywa kwezorhwebo ezicwangciselwe u-2018. Iinjongo zeenkampani zincinci kakhulu kunabanye abachasene naye-ke ubuncinane ngoku. I-flight iya kuhlala kuphela malunga nemizuzu eyi-11 kwaye ithathe abahambi ukuya kumazinga angaphantsi kwamabini, okufuneka ukuba ixabiso lifikeleleke ngakumbi.
03 we 05
Virgin Galactic
I-Virgin Galactic iyakuthanda ukuziqhayisa ngokwayo nje ngokuba "indawo yokuqala yezohwebo," kodwa inyaniso kukuba, inkampani ayinakwenza ukuhamba kweentengiso. Sekunjalo, iqhubeka isenza inkqubela phambili kwiinjongo nangona kukho iingxaki ezinkulu. Ngoku, inkampani ikholelwa ukuba iya kuqalisa ukuhlawula abathengi kwisithuba ngo-2018 kwixabiso eliphantsi lama $ 250,000 nje. Ikhampani isebenzisa indlela eyahlukileyo kunabancintisana bayo, iqala ukukhwela kwayo i-SpaceShip Two - ivela kwi-backs of plane indiza ebizwa ngokuba yi-WhiteKnight Two. Le moya ihamba nge-SpaceShip ezimbini kwi-atmospheric sky, apho idibanisa kwaye igalele iinjenge zayo zee-roketi ukuze igqibe i-flight kwi-orbit ephantsi yomhlaba. Abantu abangaphezu kwama-500 baye bahlala begcina indawo kwi-aircraft ye-tech ephezulu, eye yaphuhliswa nokuvavanya iminyaka.
04 we 05
World View Enterprise
Enye inkampani ecinga ngokuthe ngqo malunga nezicwangciso zokuhamba kwendawo ye-World View Enterprises. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa ii-rockets ezibiza kakhulu kunye neenqwelo ezinobungozi ezinobungozi, i-WVE izakufaka indawo ibhaluni ye-helium ephezulu, iqhotyoshelwe kwi-capsule eyenzelwe ngokukhethekileyo, ukuhambisa abagibeli ngokuthe ngcembe kunye nendawo. Iindiza zokuvavanya ziqhutywe kule minyaka emibini edlulileyo, kunye neenqwelo-moya eziza kufikelela kwii-100,000 inyawo. Isiqaliso sokuqala esisemthethweni ngoku sichanekile ukuba senzeke kamva kulo nyaka kwixabiso eliqikelelweyo malunga ne-$ 75,000.
05 we 05
Boeing
I-Boeing yenza i-jet liners amashumi eminyaka kwaye inayo malunga ne-43% yemarike yeenqwelo-moya. Nangona ukuhamba kwendawo yangasese kusemncinci, inkampani ayikuvumeli ukuvumela isiqalo sokuqalisa ukutya kwinto enokuthi ibe ngumenzi omkhulu wemali kwixesha elizayo. Ngaloo ndlela, iinjineli ze-aerospace eBoing ziye zayilula i-spacecraft ebizwa ngokuba yi-CST-100 Starliner eya kuthiwa yinto enye yokuhamba i-crew kunye nokubonelela kwiSpredish Space Space, kwaye mhlawumbi ithabathe abavakhenkethi bangene. I-capsule evuselelekayo iyakwazi ukufikelela kwabagibeli abasixhenxe kwaye yenzelwe ukuba isebenze kakuhle kwaye ixabise. Ukuqaliswa kovavanyo lokuqala kwe-Starliner kuye kwabambezeleka kude kube ngo-2018, kodwa ukuba konke kuhamba kakuhle, kunokuvula ixesha elitsha lokuhamba kwendawo.