Iyo mai iyo ichatangisa vekutanga nzvimbo vashanyi mumhepo yakavhurwa naSir Richard Branson muCalifornia.
WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), iyo ndege inotakura iyo ichashandiswa kuburitsa SpaceShipTwo munzira, "inobvumidza zviuru zvevanhu kuti vazadzise zviroto zvavo" uye "kuita sechinhu chinoshandura kushandura mukana wevanhu kuenda muchadenga", Sir Richard vakadaro.
Achitaura pamhemberero yekuvhurwa mu hangar yemuchadenga kuMojave Air ne Spaceport kuCalifornia, bhirionea weBritish, anova pakati pevashanyi vekutanga vemuchadenga nemhuri yake, akati chirongwa ichi chingabatsira nyika "kumuka" kuhunhu hwe nyika uye kukosha kwekuchengetedza Nyika.
Space ndiyo "yekupedzisira muganho iyo yakakosha kwazvo kune ramangwana rebudiriro pasi rino", Sir Richard vakadaro. "Chizvarwa chekutanga chevashanyi vemuchadenga, vazhinji vacho vanesu nhasi, vachange vachigadzira nzira pavanoshamisika nekunaka kwepasi redu uye nekuona rusununguko rwekurema uye kusviba kwenzvimbo," akadaro.
"Kuburitswa kweWhiteKnightTwo kunotora chiono cheVirgin Galactic kuenda padanho rinotevera uye kuri kuenderera mberi nekupa humbowo hunooneka hwekuti zvirongwa zvine mukurumbira izvi hazvisi zvechokwadi chete asi zviri kufambira mberi zvakanyanya kune chinangwa chedu chekuchengetedza zvakachengeteka."
Sir Richard vakati vatashanyi vekutanga vanogona kuburitswa muchadenga mukati memwedzi gumi nesere, asi hapana zuva rekuburitsa zviri pamutemo - SpaceShipTwo inoda kupedziswa pasati paitwa nhanho dzendege uye bvunzo dzekuchengetedza. Vanopfuura vatengi ve18 vakabhadhara mazana maviri emadhora (£ 250), kana kuisa pasi dhipoziti, kuitira mukana wekuva mumwe weVirgin Galactic vekutanga nzvimbo vashanyi.
Iyo 140ft WK2, iyo yakazotumidzwa zita rekuti Eve mukuremekedza amai vaSir Richard, avo vakaita mutambo wekuvhura wakapindwa naAstronaut Buzz Aldrin, ndiyo ndege hombe-kabhoni inosanganiswa uye inokwanisa kusvika zviuru makumi mashanu.
"Dai hurongwa hwedu hutsva hwaigona kutakura vanhu chete kuenda muchadenga, izvo zvaizokwana kwandiri, nekuda kweshanduko iyo ichave nezviuru zvatichafamba navo," Sir Richard vakadaro.
"Zviri pachena kubva kumuchadenga wese wandambotaura naye kuti kuona nyika kubva kunze uko, yakakomberedzwa nechunhu inodzivirira inodziya yemuchadenga, zvinobatsira munhu kumuka kuhunhu hwechikamu chidiki chepasi repasi icho tinogara, uye kune kukosha kwekuchengetedza pasi. ”
Asi vakati zviteshi zvengarava zvinokwanisa zvakare kuburitsa mibairo midiki uye ma satellite kutenderera nenzira yakaderera. "Sisitimu iyi inopa mukana wakakura kune vaongorori vanozokwanisa kubhururuka kuyedza kakawanda kupfuura kare, kubatsira kupindura mibvunzo yakakosha maererano nemamiriro ekunze epasi uye zvakavanzika zvepasi rose," akadaro.
