STOCKHOLM - Hoʻomaka ka lele ʻana o nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi pōkole i kahi ākea mai ka ʻākau o Kuekene i ka makahiki 2012, ʻo kekahi o nā ʻoihana i pili i ka papahana i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻomaka ana nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mua e haʻalele ana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma kahi o 2011 a ʻo Kiruna (ma ka ʻākau ʻo Suedena) e hiki mai ana ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope, i ka makahiki 2012," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo Spacesport Sweden ʻo Johanna Bergstroem-Roos i ka AFP.
E hoʻokele ʻia nā huakaʻi e Virgin Galactic, nona ka mōʻī Pelekane ʻo Sir Richard Branson, nāna e hoʻouna mua i nā mea kūʻai uku ma kahi o 110 mau mile (70 mau mile) ma luna o ka honua mai New Mexico i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Virgin Galactic i ka Pōʻalua ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo ia i ʻelima mau hui huakaʻi Nordic e ʻae ʻia e kūʻai aku i nā tiketi no ka US a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Suedena, e hoʻomaka ana me ke kumukūʻai 200,000 kālā (153,000 euros) i kahi ʻāpana, ʻoiai e hāʻule ana ke kumukūʻai. ua holo ʻoi aʻe ka manawa.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e lilo ʻo Kiruna i papa hoʻomaka nui o ʻEulopa no nā huakaʻi huakaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Bergstroem-Roos, e kuhikuhi ana i ke kūlanakauhale aia ma kahi o 145 mau kilomita (90 mau mile) ma ka ʻākau o ka Arctic Circle i home i ka Esrange Space Center mai 1966.
"ʻO nā mokulele suborbital e hoʻouna ʻia me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia nā ʻano mokulele a mākou e holo nei mai Kiruna, ʻoiai mākou i kēia lā ke hoʻouna aku nei i nā mokulele holoʻokoʻa ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe, i 800 mau kilomita," wahi āna.
"Ua ʻike maoli mākou i ka wā e pili ana i nā misionari lewa."
ʻO Kiruna kekahi mea nui no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi holoholona hihiu e makemake nui e ʻike i nā ʻano kūlohelohe e like me ka Northern Lights a me ka Midnight Sun, e noho ma ka Ice Hotel kokoke a i ʻole e holo i ka ski, sleigh a i ʻole snow scooter.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou inā makemake kekahi kanaka o ka ʻohana e piʻi mai nei e lele i ka lewa, malia paha e kākau inoa nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe no nā ʻike ʻē aʻe," wahi a Bergstroem-Roos.
Ma kahi kokoke i 300 mau tiketi ua kūʻai ʻia aku no nā huakaʻi huakaʻi pōkole pōkole, wahi āna, ʻoiai ʻo Danes, Finns a me Swedes i waena o nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o ka poʻe paʻa tikiki e kali no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Kiruna koho e lele mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"Makemake ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e lilo i mua," wahi āna.
