Kwezinye iindwendwe ezihamba phambili uhambo olude alubandakanyi ukuhamba e-Himalaya, ukuwela i-Amazon, okanye ukutyelela iSouth Pole. Enyanisweni, abanye bethu baye babeka izinto ezibonakalayo phezulu. Iphupha lohambo lokuhamba ngezorhwebo luye lukungcebeleka ixesha elithile, kwaye ngelixa liye litsalathisa ngakumbi kwinyaniso kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kubonakala ngathi ihlala ifikeleleke. Kodwa ngo-2016 kungenzeka kube ngumnyaka ukuba indawo yokukhenketho iphelile, kunye neenkampani ezininzi ezithembisa izinto ezinkulu kwiinyanga ezizayo.
Kakade, iVirgin Galactic mhlawumbi ibe yinkampani ephezulu yeprofayile esebenzayo ekuhambiseni ukuhamba kweendawo kubantu. Kwanokuba iindleko ngokwazo njenge "indawo yokuqala yezohwebo". Ngoxa le nto ingeyona yinyani nje, mhlawumbi isondele kakhulu ekuhambiseni isithembiso sokuthatha abatyelelo kwiindawo.
Le nkampani isaphuma kwingozi eyingozi eyenziwa ngo-Oktobha ka-2014, ngexesha apho ngabaqhubi ababini bafa xa i-SpaceShipTwo idizayali yahlukana phakathi kwendiza. Le ngozi yayicelwa ngephutha lomqhubi xa kuqinisekiswe ukuba umqhubi-mqhubi wenza inkqubo yokuphulwa kwendiza ngexesha elingafanelekanga. Intombi ithi inguqulelo entsha ye-SpaceShipTwo ijongene nale ngxaki, eyenza ukuba isithuthi siphepheke ngakumbi ngenxa yoko. Umzekelo omtsha uza kuvezwa ngenyanga elandelayo, kunye neenqwelo zokuhlola ukuze ziphinde zibuye emva koko.
Ngaphandle kokunyusa ishedyuli esichukumisayo sokuba iVirgin Galactic ibuyele esibhakabhakeni, okokuqala, iindiza zokuqala zorhwebo ayilindeleke ukuba zenzeke kube ngo-2018.
Oko kuthetha ukuba abantu abangaphezu kwama-700 abesayine ukubhalisa kwi-SpaceShipTwo baya kufuneka balinde enye iminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba bathathe imali.
Okwangoku, i-XCOR Aerospace inkampani iqhubela phambili kunye nezicwangciso zayo zokutyelela abavakhenkethi ukuba bajikeleze kulo nyaka. Enyanisweni, sele iqalile ukunikela ngexabiso kunye nokubhuka kwiKayak.com ekupheleni konyaka, kunye neenqwelo ezihamba ngeenqwelo ezihamba ngexabiso elifanelekileyo.
I-XCOR yeenqwelo ezizimeleyo zikwazi ukufikelela kwi-orbit ephantsi yomhlaba kwaye yenza iindiza zifike kwiyure enye ubude, zithwele umqhubi kunye nomnye umgibeli.
Ezinye iikhamphani ziye zaphosa ingqungquthela yazo, kwaye zithemba ukwenza indawo yokuthengisa ngokunyanisekileyo isebenzisa ezinye iindlela zokuthutha. Ngokomzekelo, inkampani yaseSpain i-Zero2Infinity iceba ukusebenzisa i-balloons ephakamileyo ephakamileyo ukuba ithwale i-pod ephucukileyo ngokukodwa kwi-orbit ephantsi, leyo yindlela efanayo enye enye inhlangano eyaziwayo njenge-World View isebenzisa. Leyo nkampani igqibile i-10% yovavanyo lwendiza emva ko-Oktobha ka-2015, kwaye ngoku iceba ukuqala ukuqaliswa kweenqwelomoya zorhwebo ngonyaka ozayo.
Kwesinye isiphelo seembambano ziinkampani zendiza zeenqwelo-moya ezifana ne-SpaceX (eyisekwe ngu-Tesla ka-Elon Musk) kunye neBlue Origin, eyaqaliswa nguJeff Bezos wama-Amazon. Bobabini baye bagxila ekudaleni ama-rocket avuselelwayo kunye nokukwazi ukuthatha indawo kunye nomhlaba. Kule nkampani ezimbini, i-SpaceX iye yaphumelela kakhulu kunje, kwaza yaqulunqa izivumelwano kunye noorhulumente wase-US ukwenza ukunikezelwa kwempahla kwisikhululo soMhlaba jikelele.
Okwangoku, i-SpaceX kunye neBlue Origin zijolise ngokukodwa ekuthwaleni imithwalo kunye nama-satellites endaweni, kodwa njengoko iinkqubo zabo zokuqalisa ziba nzima kakhulu kwaye zikhuselekile, kwakungeke kubonakale zingekho kwindawo yokuthi mhlawumbi uza kuthatha ukuthatha abagibeli kwi-orbit.
Oko akuyi kwenzeka nanini na ngokukhawuleza, nangona kunjalo, njengoko kungenzi nanye ukuzibophelela ekuqulunqeni isicatshulwa somgibeli njengamanje.
I-Boeing ayikuvumeli ukuqala kokubamba bonke ubuqaqawuli. Njengomnye wabenzi abakhulu beenqwelo-moya kwihlabathi, unomdla onikezelweyo ekuphuhliseni ubuchwepheshe bobuzukulwana obulandelayo bokuhamba kwendawo. Inkampani sele isetyenzisile ukuba ihlakulela indawo yokuthengisa ebizwa ngokuba yi "Starliner" eya kuqala ukukhupha abagibeli kwi-ISS ngo-2017. Akucaci ukuba okanye ekungekho ekugqibeleni kuza kuqala ukuhamba nabahambahambayo njengawe kunye nami kwindawo kakuhle, kodwa njengoko imarike yokuhamba kwendawo ihamba, ayiyi kuba ngaphaya kommandla.
Ukuphonononga imeko yangoku yezokhenketho, kubonakala kucacile ukuba akuyi kuba neendlela ezininzi ezinokuthi zifumaneke ngo-2016, nangona kukho ithemba elininzi kwi-emergelling industry.
Ukuthintela iingxaki ezinkulu, ngoku kubonakala ngathi sinokubona ukuba indawo yezokhenketho yangempela iyaphuma ngowama-2017, okanye ingakumbi i-2018. Kodwa nangona kunjalo andiyi kubamba umoya wam. Okwangoku, iphupha lendiza yendawo yokurhweba iyahlala ingabikho, nangona iqalisa ukusondela ngokufutshane ukuba ube nethuba langempela.