WASHINGTON - Ua hāʻawi aku ka US Federal Aviation Administration i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ke kahua mokulele ʻoihana mua o ka honua, ua ʻōlelo nā luna o New Mexico i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua hāʻawi ka FAA iā Spaceport America i kahi laikini no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke ākea a me ka pae ākea ma hope o kahi noiʻi ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni, e like me ka New Mexico Space Authority (NMSA).
"ʻO kēia mau ʻae aupuni ʻelua ke ala aʻe ma ke ala e hiki ai i kahi kikowaena kalepa ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele NMSA ʻo Steven Landeene.
"Aia mākou ma ke ala e hoʻomaka ai i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hapaha mua o 2009, a e hoʻopau koke i kā mākou hale hana."
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka pahu a me ka hangar no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka pae i ka hopena o 2010.
Manaʻo ʻo NMSA e kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike hoʻolimalima ma hope o kēia mahina me Virgin Galactic, kahi lālā o Virgin Atlantic nona ka ʻoihana mokulele Pelekane ʻo Richard Branson. ʻO ka moku mokulele ʻo SpaceShipTwo ka mea hoihoi nui ma ka pūnaewele.
Hoʻolālā ka ʻōnaehana e lawe i nā kaʻa ma kahi o 100 mau kilomita (62 mau mile) i ka lewa. Hoʻolālā ʻo Virgin Galactic e hoʻokipa i nā poʻe kaʻa he 500 i kēlā me kēia makahiki nāna e uku i 200,000 kālā i kēlā me kēia no ka lele suborbital ʻekolu a ʻehā mau minuke.
Nui nā hoʻolaha pāʻoihana mai ka pūnaewele mai ʻApelila 2007, me nā hoʻolaha hou aku i hoʻolālā ʻia.
Ua hana pū ʻo Spaceport America me nā ʻoihana aerospace Lockheed Martin, Rocket Racing Inc./Armadillo Aerospace, UP Aerospace, Microgravity Enterprises a me Payload Specialties.
Ke hāʻawi nei ke keʻena kikowaena o Rūsia i nā mokulele mokulele orbital wale nō ma luna o ka mokulele Soyuz, kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe holo ke kipa aku i ka International Space Station (ISS) no kekahi mau lā. Ua piʻi hou ke kumukūʻai no ka huakaʻi mai 20 miliona a i 35 miliona kālā.
