E holo ana ka poʻe ʻimi hauʻoli i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kahi mokulele ʻoluʻolu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o kahi makuahine makuahine māhoe māhoe a hiki i ke kihi o ka lewa ma kahi hoʻolālā i wehe ʻia e Virgin Galactic.
E hoʻomaka ana ka SpaceShipTwo spacecraft a me kāna WhiteKnightTwo i nā hoʻāʻo mua i kēia kauwela e hoʻoluliluli i ka ʻōnaehana mokulele mokulele i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka paionia aerospace Burt Rutan a me kāna paʻa Scaled Composites.
"ʻO 2008 ka makahiki o ka mokuahi," wahi a Sir Richard Branson, ka mea kālepa Pelekania, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Virgin Group, nāna i wehe i kahi kumu hoʻohālike 1/16th o ka mokulele hou ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. "ʻOliʻoli maoli mākou i kā mākou ʻōnaehana hou a me ka mea e hiki ai i kā mākou ʻōnaehana hou ke hana."
Ma muli o Rutan's SpaceShipOne, he mokulele hoʻokele a hoʻohana hou ʻia i lanakila i ka $10 miliona Ansari X Prize no suborbital spaceflight ma 2004, SpaceShipTwo he kaʻa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka ea i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i ʻeono mau ohua a me ʻelua mau pailaka i ka suborbital space a me hope.
Akā ʻaʻole like me SpaceShipOne, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai lalo o kāna kaʻa kaʻa WhiteKnight hoʻokahi, e hāʻule ana ka mokuahi hou mai kahi mokulele kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe māhoe i hiki ke pālua ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaʻikaʻi. Lawe ʻo WhiteKnightTwo i ʻehā mau ʻenekini a me kahi ʻēheu ma kahi o 140 kapuaʻi (42 mau mika), e hoʻokūkū ana i kahi bomber B-29, a ua kūkulu ʻia no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā pōkā i hiki ke hoʻokuʻu i nā satelite liʻiliʻi i ka orbit, wahi a nā luna o Virgin Galactic.
Hāʻawi ʻo Virgin Galactic i nā tiketi ma luna o SpaceShipTwo spaceliners no ke kumu kūʻai mua ma kahi o $200,000, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Branson e hāʻule ke kumukūʻai ma hope o nā makahiki ʻelima o ka hana. Hoʻolālā ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ākea e hoʻomaka i nā mokulele ma waho o kahi kikowaena ma New Mexico's Spaceport America, me nā huakaʻi hou aku ma waena o ka aurora borealis e hana ʻia mai Kiruna, Suedena.
"Maikaʻi," wahi a ka luna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha Pelekane ʻo Trevor Beattie, kekahi o nā 100 mau mea paʻa tiketi Virgin Galactic no ka wehe ʻana. “Makemake au e hele i kēia manawa…me kēlā me kēia milestone, ke hoʻokokoke mai nei ia.”
I kēia lā, aia ʻo Virgin Galactic ma kahi o 200 mau kaʻa i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia no nā mokulele e hiki mai ana, $30 miliona ma nā waihona a ma kahi o 85,000 mau inoa inoa mai nā mea kūʻai aku makemake e lele ma luna o SpaceShipTwo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rutan, nona ka Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled i hoʻopau i ka 60 pakeneka o ka SpaceShipTwo mua, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kūkulu ana kāna ʻoihana ma kahi o ʻelima mau kaʻa suborbital - a ʻelua mau mea lawe WhiteKnightTwo - no Virgin Galactic.
"ʻAʻole kēia he polokalamu liʻiliʻi ma o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana," wahi a Rutan, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua manaʻo kāna paʻa e kūkulu ma kahi o 40 SpaceShipTwos a me 15 mau mea lawe moku i nā makahiki he 12 e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻolālā ʻia kēlā me kēia mokulele e lele ʻelua i ka lā, me kā lākou WhiteKnightTwo mea lawe i hiki i ʻehā mau hoʻokuʻu i kēlā me kēia lā, wahi a Rutan. Ma luna o 12 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ma mua o 100,000 mau kānaka hiki ke lele i kahi suborbital ma luna o nā kaʻa, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
He lele lumi
ʻO nā poʻe kaʻa ʻo Virgin Galactic e like me Beattie a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ua hana ʻia i nā hoʻokolohua centrifuge e hoʻāʻo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻike a me ke komo hou ʻana, hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka ikaika a hiki i ʻeono manawa o ka umekaumaha o ka Honua ma ke kino kanaka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Will Whitehorn, Luna Nui ʻo Virgin Galactic, e hoʻolako ʻia kēlā me kēia mokulele SpaceShipTwo me ka lole kaomi ma ke ʻano he palekana palekana, e kūʻokoʻa e neʻe i kahi lumi lumi e like me kahi mokulele Gulfstream a nānā i ka Honua ma o ka laulā, 18-iniha (46-). cm) nā puka makani i loko o nā minuke o ke kaumaha ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ma kēlā me kēia mokulele.
"No ka mea maopopo, inā e hele ana ʻoe i ka lewa, makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻike," wahi a Whitehorn.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hale kākela o SpaceShipTwo ma mua o ka capsule ʻekolu kanaka i hoʻohana ʻia ma SpaceShipOne, a ʻo kēlā me kēia o nā hale kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua WhiteKnightTwo he ʻano like me ko ka mokulele i lilo ia i mea hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono, wahi āna.
Hiki i nā ʻohana o nā kaʻaahi a i ʻole nā mea mākaʻikaʻi ākea ke nānā aku i kahi hoʻokuʻu ʻana o SpaceShipTwo mai loko mai o kahi keʻena WhiteKnightTwo, aia kēlā me kēia mea he 25 kapuaʻi (7.6) mau mika mai ka moku ākea i kau ʻia ma waenakonu.
ʻOiai ke kau ʻia nei ka hoʻāʻo mua ʻana no kekahi manawa i kēia kauwela a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mokulele mokulele mua no 2009, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whitehorn he mea nui ka palekana.
"Aia mākou i ka heihei me ka mea ʻole, ʻokoʻa ka heihei me ka palekana," wahi a Whitehorn.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rutan, ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i kahi mea palekana e like me nā mokulele mokulele mua o nā makahiki 1920, ʻoi aku ka 100 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka palekana o nā mokulele mokulele i hoʻohana ʻia e nā aupuni nui i kēia lā.
"Mai manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea nāna e haʻi iā ʻoe he palekana ka pae palekana o nā mokulele hou e like me kahi mokulele mokulele hou," wahi a Rutan.
Ua hoʻolohi ʻia ka hoʻolālā hoʻomohala a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no SpaceShipTwo a me kāna moku lawe moku e kahi pahū make i make i ʻekolu mau limahana Scaled i Iulai i hala ma ka Mojave Air and Space Port. ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ʻia ka ʻoihana mokuʻāina o Kaleponi a me nā mea nānā palekana iā Scaled no ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono no nā limahana a hoʻopaʻi ʻia ka ʻoihana ma mua o $25,000.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rutan e hana pū ana kāna hui me nā mea nānā mokuʻāina a me nā luna e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana o ka limahana, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu maoli o ka pahū i ka wā o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka rocket oxidizer flow. ʻAʻole e hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻenekini rocket a SpaceShipTwo a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ke kumu o ka pahū, wahi āna.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Patricia Grace Smith, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka FAA no ka lawe ʻana i nā wahi kalepa, i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Virgin Galactic a me Scaled i ka palekana ma hope o ka wehe ʻana o SpaceShipTwo.
"ʻO ia ka ʻuhane ʻoihana e lawe i kēia ʻāina i mua," wahi a Smith. "E like ana kēia me ke ahi ahi a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai."
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