ʻO ka ʻoihana lele mokulele pilikino - ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi mokulele - e kū i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe mai ka ʻoihana ʻinikua i kona mau makahiki mua, e like me nā loea ʻoihana.
E kiʻekiʻe loa nā kumukūʻai kulekele a hiki i ka lele ʻana o nā ʻoihana me ka ʻole o ka pilikia ma ʻekolu manawa. A ʻo ke kaula o ka hāʻule mua ʻana paha e hoʻopau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻoihana, ʻo kekahi o ʻekolu mau loea ʻinikua ma kahi papa e pili ana i ke kumuhana i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka wā o kahi kūkākūkā papa ma ka Federal Aviation Administration's annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference.
"I ka hoʻomaka ʻana e piʻi nui nā kumukūʻai. E kiʻekiʻe loa lākou, "wahi a Raymond Duffy, ka pelekikena poʻokela ma Willis Inspace o New York. "I ka manawa e hōʻike ai ʻoe i kahi hopena maikaʻi e iho mai nā kumukūʻai." Ua ʻike ʻo Duffy, ʻo nā hāʻule mua ʻana, inā e ka hui hoʻokahi a i ʻole nā mea he nui, hiki i ka mea hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i ka ʻoihana hou ke ʻinikua. Ua koi ʻo ia i nā ʻoihana mokulele pilikino e hōʻemi i ka pilikia e like me ka hiki ma waena o ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ralph Harp o Falcon Insurance, Houston, he pono nā ʻoihana mokulele pilikino e hōʻoia i ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi "kiʻi kikoʻī o kāu mea e hana ai" i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka ʻoihana e hoʻouna i kāna mau mea kūʻai mua i ka orbit. Loaʻa i ka poʻe ʻinikua nā ʻikepili liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka nui a i ʻole ke ʻano o nā pilikia e hiki mai ana i ka ʻoihana hou no ka mea he liʻiliʻi nā hanana ma mua o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i lele i ka International Space Station. "ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka wehewehe ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāu e hana ai" i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻinikua, wahi a Harp.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo George Whitesides, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kiʻekiʻe iā Virgin Galactic, i ka Space News ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka papa ʻōlelo ʻo kāna hui "ua loaʻa nā kūkākūkā maikaʻi me nā mea hoʻolako." Ua haʻi aku lākou iā Virgin i ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana no ka ʻinikua me he mea lā e kūpaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brett Alexander, ka pelekikena o ka Personal Spaceflight Federation a me kahi lālā o ka papa ʻinikua, e kūkulu ʻia kahi "kumukūʻai hoʻomau" no ka ʻinikua i loko o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana o nā hui mokulele.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Duffy, ʻoiai e paʻakikī ana nā lā mua, ʻike paha ka ʻoihana ʻinikua a me nā ʻoihana mokulele pilikino i nā ala e hoʻēmi ai i ka pilikia a mālama i nā kumukūʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pam Meredith o ka hui ʻo Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger o Wakinekona e koi nā ʻoihana hou i nā kulekele kikoʻī loa no ka mea ʻo nā ʻōlelo exculpatory - ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻawi i ka palekana kuleana - "pono e kākau paʻa loa a me ke akahele."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kānāwai mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, e like me nā mea i loko o ka Federal Commercial Space Launch Act, ʻaʻole pono e pale i nā ʻoihana mai ke kuleana no ka mea hiki i nā hui ʻinikua ke loaʻa "nā ala e puka ai i waho o nā kānāwai" ma ka nānā ʻana i kahi i loaʻa ai ka ulia. kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka pōʻino, kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai nā ʻaoʻao a i ʻole kahi i pūlima ʻia ai nā ʻaelike. "No laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pale i nā kānāwai i kau inoa ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina he 50, ʻaʻole nui kāu pale," wahi a Meredith.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Duffy e lawe ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana 10 a 15 mau hoʻokuʻu ma mua o ka ʻoluʻolu o nā ʻoihana ʻinikua me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka pilikia a lākou e kū nei. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kōkua nā kumukūʻai i kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni i nā ʻoihana ʻinikua a me ka ʻoihana mokulele mokulele pilikino.
