ʻO ka lani pō ma luna o Sekotia hiki ke lilo i mea nui i ka mākaʻikaʻi e like me kona ʻano i ke ao, e like me ka poʻe loea i ka lewa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna ʻo ʻepekema ʻo Maarten de Vries ʻo Scotland kekahi o nā ʻāina e emi nei me nā wahi nui me ka ʻole o ka haumia māmā.
Ua wānana pū kekahi ʻo ia i kahi boom inā hoʻolaha ʻia nā mokulele ʻo Virgin Galactic mai Moray.
ʻO ka kūleʻa o ka pā hōkū "Dark Sky Scotland", i kēia manawa, ua hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke ʻōwili ʻia ma ʻō a puni o UK.
ʻO Mr de Vries, ka mea e alakaʻi iā Black Isle-based Going Nova - kahi ʻoihana e paipai nei i ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana - ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sekotia he nui nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia e ka haumia mai nā kukui uila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: He manawa kūpono nō e hiki mai ai ma aneʻi no ko mākou lewa lani.
"Aia mau nō nā wahi ma ʻAmelika Hema, nā Mokuʻāina a me Sepania kahi e hele ai nā kilo hōkū, akā he hapa nā wahi ma muli o ke komo pono o ka haumia i nā kūlanakauhale.
"He mea nui ka lani pō no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana e like me ka ʻāina o Sekotia."
Ua ʻae ʻo Scott Armstrong, ka luna ʻāpana o VisitScotland, i ka ʻāpana pouli o ko Skotlandia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Kūpono nā mauna kiʻekiʻe a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Sekotia no nā hōkū hōkū.
"Nui nā wahi me nā lani pouli a me nā kukui kau palena e pono ai ʻo Skotlandia e kipa aku i kahi e hele ai, e hāʻawi nei i kahi ʻike kūikawā i kā mākou poʻe kipa."
ʻO Mr de Vries, ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i ka hoʻolaha Spaceport Skotlandia, i ʻōlelo ʻo ka hiki i ka wahine ʻo Virgin Galactic ke hoʻolele mokulele i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mile ma luna o ka Honua mai kahi pūnaewele ma Skotlandia i loaʻa ka hopena nui no ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Manaʻo wau ʻo ka spaceport ma Moray ka mea nui loa e hana ʻia ma ia wahi mai ko Roma."
Ma mua e hele aku nā huakaʻi ʻo Virgin Galactic mai ka Mojave Spaceport ma Kaleponi.
Eia naʻe, ua haʻi aku ka pelekikena o Galactic ʻo Will Whitehorn RAF Lossiemouth - kahi pūʻali lele lele lele a me ka hoʻopakele helikopter - ke manaʻo ʻia nei ma ke kahua hemo no nā huakaʻi e hiki mai ana mai UK.
Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka pūnaewele ʻo Scotland News BBC he mea nui nā hoʻokolohua ma ka US iā Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic e loaʻa ana kahi laikini Federal Aviation Administration - kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai i ke ala no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hana kalepa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Aia mākou i kēia manawa i ka papa lele lele mua me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻolaha ākea hou ma Mojave, Kaleponi, me nā hoʻāʻo honua e hoʻomaka nei i kēia manawa me ka manaʻo i nā lele mua i nā pule e hiki mai ana a me kā mākou hōʻike mokulele mokulele mua ma loko o 18 mau mahina. .
"E hoʻohana mākou i ka ʻikepili e loaʻa ai kā mākou laikini FAA e lele.
"E hoʻohana mākou i kēia ʻikepili e hana i kahi aupuni e kūkākūkā ʻia ma UK me nā kino e like me CAA a me ka MoD e ʻae i nā ʻae no nā hoʻouka UK."
ʻO Mr Whitehorn, ka mea i kipa aku iā Lossiemouth i 2006, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke kihi ke kahua ma nā pūnaewele UK ʻē aʻe - e like me ke kahua mokulele a me nā mākaukau o nā limahana i ka lele supersonic a me ka wahie loea.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua nānā au i nā pono hana ma laila a, a me ʻelua mau pūnaewele ʻē aʻe o UK, hiki ke kūpono no kahi papahana lele kauwela i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma muli o ke ala lōʻihi a me kahi ākea ma Moray Firth.
"He mea kupaianaha nō hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana o Sekotia. E koi ʻia nā ʻae akā ʻaʻole e ʻimi ʻia a mākaukau mākou.
"Aia kekahi mau pūnaewele ʻē aʻe, akā he downsides nā mea āpau a he piʻi aʻe kekahi."
ʻO ka manawa o ka lilo ʻana i astronaut e waiho no ka manawa lōʻihi he koho wale no ka mea waiwai. Loaʻa nā tikika £ 100,000 i kēlā me kēia.
Akā i ka hihia o nā mokulele mai Lossiemouth, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Whitehorn ua manaʻo ʻo ia i nā wili e like me nā spotters mokulele e ʻākoakoa ana e nānā i nā mokulele kauwela.
Nā hāʻawi kālā
ʻO David Chalton, ka luna o ka papahana o Dark Sky Scotland, i ʻōlelo ʻo ka hope loa o ke kālā i hoʻohana ʻia i Malaki.
Akā ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana ma mua o 5,000 ka poʻe i 35 hanana astronomy i mālama ʻia ma nā wahi e like me Edinburgh, Fife a me Knoydart ma Highlands, ʻimi ʻia ke kākoʻo hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Chalton ua lana ka manaʻo o ka papahana e holo i nā hana ma loko o ka makahiki 2009, ʻo ia ka makahiki ʻekekema honua.
"A hiki i ka maopopo ʻana o ke kūlana kālā, paʻakikī e ʻōlelo i ka nui o kahi papahana e loaʻa iā mākou, akā lana ka manaʻolana e loaʻa ana i kahi ʻāpana o nā mea a mākou e ʻimi nei," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"I ka manawa like, hoʻokumu ʻia i ka kūleʻa o Dark Sky Scotland, aia mākou i ke kaʻina hana e ʻōwili nei i ka papahana ma ke koena o ka UK.
"Eia hou, pili kēia i nā noi kālā, akā ua kau mua mākou i nā kumu no 11 mau launa like ʻana o nā hui e makemake e hoʻopakele i nā hana e like me Dark Sky ma nā ʻeiwa o ʻEnelani, a me Wales a me ʻIlani ʻIlani."
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Royal Observatory Edinburgh, ua holo ka papahana i nā papa hana no nā kino lehulehu a me nā kānaka e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka astronomy i kā lākou hana.
Ua haʻi ʻo Mr Chalton kahi laʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ākea i ka hana ʻo ia ʻo Galloway Astronomy Center, kahi moe a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka me kahi hale nānā liʻiliʻi.
