LOS ANGELES - Apo chikepe chemuchadenga chakakwira pamusoro peCalifornia kuti chitore mubairo wemamiriyoni gumi emadhora, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton aive nemakore makumi matanhatu nemasere uye akafunga kuti achange ari paroketi rake munguva pfupi.
Walton akabhadhara $200,000 kuti ave pakati pevashanyi vemuchadenga vekutanga kuita rwendo rwekunakidzwa nepamusoro pePasi, vari muchikepe cheMhandara Galactic.
Iye zvino arikuda kukumbira kudzoserwa dhipoziti yake kana pasina zuva rakatarwa rekutanga nekuzvarwa kwake makumi manomwe nemana muna Kubvumbi.
“Ichi ndicho chaizova chinhu chikuru paukweguru hwangu,” akadaro.
Pakapfuura makore mashanu kubva SpaceShipOne, ndege yekutanga yakawana mubairo weAnsari X musi waGumiguru 4, 2004, nekuratidza kuti chitundumuseremusere chinokwanisa kutakura vanhu chaigona kubhururuka makiromita anodarika makumi matanhatu nemaviri kuenda mudenga kaviri mukati memavhiki maviri.
Kushingairira pamusoro pezvaitwa neSpaceShipOne kwaive kwakakwira gore iroro zvekuti kunyangwe pamberi pemubairo wendege, British mogul Richard Branson akazivisa chibvumirano chekushandisa tekinoroji mukugadzirwa kwechizvarwa chechipiri, SpaceShipTwo, kubhururutsa vafambi vekutengesa pasi peVirgin Galactic banner panosvika 2007.
Zvaiita sekuti chero munhu aive nemari aizokurumidza kuona izvo mutyairi wendege weSpaceShipOne Brian Binnie akadana kuti "kumhanya chaiko."
Kushandura chiroto kuita chokwadi kwatora nguva yakareba kupfuura yaitarisirwa nevakawanda, uye chivheneko chemuchadenga chinoramba chiri umambo hwevazivi vemuchadenga uye vashoma vevanhu vakapfuma zvisingaite vakabhadhara mamirioni ekutasva pamaroketi eRussia kuenda kuInternational Space Station.
Asi muvambi weX Prize, Peter Diamandis, anoti zvinhu hazvina kumira mushe.
Inodarika bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora yakaiswa muindasitiri, zvivhariso zvemumigwagwa zvakagadziriswa uye zvikepe zvinosvika zvitatu zvevafambi zvichabuda mukati memwedzi gumi nemasere kusvika makumi maviri nemana zvotanga kubhururuka, akadaro.
"Uchawana rimwe jekiseni rakakura rekufara mukufarira veruzhinji kana mota idzodzo dzatanga kushanda uye veruzhinji votanga kubhururuka," akadaro.
Muridzi webhizinesi rekutakura zvinhu Edwin Sahakian aona zviratidzo zvekufambira mberi. Iye nevamwe vana Virgin Galactic vatengi vakawana peek paSpaceShipTwo zhizha panguva yekushanyira Scaled Composites chirimwa paMojave Airport.
“Uku hakusi kunyomba kukuru. Ichi ndicho chinhu chaicho, "Sahakian akadaro.
Iyo yakapedzwa SpaceShipTwo inotarisirwa kuvhurwa muna Zvita. Ndege dzekuyedza dzichatanga gore rinouya, uye kutangwa kwenzvimbo kwakazara kuchaitika kana 2011, akadaro Will Whitehorn, purezidhendi weMhandara Galactic.
