State of Commercial Space Travel mu 2016

Kwa alendo ena odzayenda ulendo wopambana sichikuphatikizapo kuyenda mu Himalaya, kudutsa Amazon, kapena kupita ku South Pole. Ndipotu, ena a ife takhala tikuwoneka bwino kwambiri. Maloto a kuyenda malonda akhala akudodometsa kwa kanthawi, ndipo pamene akuyandikira kwambiri zenizeni m'zaka zaposachedwapa, zikuwoneka ngati kuti nthawi zonse sizingatheke. Koma 2016 kungakhale chaka chomwe malo okopa alendo akutha, ndi makampani angapo akulonjeza zinthu zazikulu mu miyezi yotsatira.

Inde, Virgin Galactic mwinamwake wakhala kampani yopambana kwambiri yomwe ikugwira ntchito yopereka malo okayenda kwa anthu ambiri. Ngakhale kulipira ngongole ngati "malo oyamba azachuma padziko lonse." Ngakhale kuti izi siziri zoona pakalipano, mwina ndizo pafupi kwambiri ndi kupereka lonjezo la kutenga alendo m'mlengalenga.

Kampaniyi idakalipo chifukwa cha ngozi yowopsa yomwe inachitika mu October wa 2014, pamene oyendetsa ndege awiri adaphedwa pamene ndege ya SpaceShipTwo inachoka pakati pa ndege. Ngozi imeneyi inkaimbidwa mlandu wolakwika pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo akugwira ntchito yomenyetsa ndege pa nthawi yolakwika. Virgin akunena kuti mawonekedwe atsopano a SpaceShipTwo adathetsa vutoli, ndikupangitsa galimoto kukhala yabwino kwambiri. Chitsanzo chatsopano chidzawululidwa mwezi wotsatira, ndi kuyesa maulendo kuti ayambirenso posachedwa.

Ngakhale kuti akukonzekera ndondomeko yowopsya ya Virgin Galactic kubwerera kumlengalenga, komabe ndege zoyamba zamalonda siziyenera kuchitika mpaka 2018.

Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu oposa 700 omwe atayina kale kuti athamangire SpaceShipTwo ayenera kuyembekezera zaka zina ziwiri asanatuluke.

Pakalipano, kampani yopikisana XCOR Aerospace ikupita patsogolo ndi ndondomeko zowatengera alendo kuti azizungulira chaka chino. Ndipotu, wayamba kupereka mitengo ndi mitengo ku Kayak.com kwa chaka chino, ndi ndege zonyamula mtengo wamtengo wapatali.

Ndege yapadera ya XCOR ikhoza kukwaniritsa mphambano yapansi ya Earth ndikupanga ndege mpaka ola limodzi kutalika, ikuyendetsa woyendetsa ndege ndi wina aliyense.

Makampani ena aponyera chipewa chawo mu mphete, ndipo akuyembekeza kupanga malo amalonda kuyenda moona mwa njira zina zoyendetsa. Mwachitsanzo, kampani ya ku Spain Zero2Infinity ikukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito mabuloni apamwamba kuti atenge pod yomwe imapangidwa bwino kwambiri, yomwe ndi njira yomweyo yomwe bungwe lina lotchedwa World View likugwiritsira ntchito. Kampaniyo inamaliza ndege yoyezetsa 10% kumapeto kwa mwezi wa October wa 2015, ndipo tsopano ikukonzekera kuyamba kuyambitsa ndege zamalonda chaka chamawa.

Kumapeto ena a makampaniwa ndi SpaceX (yotchedwa Tesla a Elon Musk) ndi Blue Origin, yomwe inayambitsidwa ndi Jeff Bezos wa Amazon. Zonsezi zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga makomboti othandizira kuti athe kuchokapo ndi kumtunda. Pakati pa makampani awiriwa, SpaceX yakhala ikuyenda bwino kwambiri, mpaka ikukonzekera mgwirizano ndi boma la US kuti lipange zofunikira ku International Space Station.

Pakalipano, SpaceX ndi Blue Origin zakhala makamaka zonyamulira katundu ndi satellites mumlengalenga, koma pamene njira zawo zowonjezera zimakhala zowonjezereka komanso zotetezeka, sizikuwoneka kuti sizingatheke kuti mwina angaganizire kukwera pagalimoto.

Izi sizidzachitika posachedwa, komabe, ngakhale kuti sanadzipangire kupanga kapangidwe kanyumba ngati momwemo.

Boeing siyenela kulola kuti izi ziyambire kulandira ulemerero wonse. Monga imodzi mwa opanga ndege kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ali ndi chidwi chofuna kukonza matekinoloje a m'badwo wotsatira kuti akalowe malo. Kampaniyo idalengeza kale kuti ikupanga njinga zamalonda zotchedwa "Starliner" zomwe ziyamba kuyendetsa okwera kupita ku ISS mu 2017. Sizodziwika ngati ayi ndiye kuti adzayamba kutenga oyendayenda nthawi zonse ngati inu ndi ine mu malo monga chabwino, koma ngati msika waulendo waulendo ukufalikira, sizikanakhala zosatheka.

Kuwongolera zochitika zomwe zikuchitika panopa zokopa alendo, zikuwoneka kuti sipadzakhala zosankha zambiri zomwe zingakhalepo kwa ife mu 2016, ngakhale kuti tili ndi chiyembekezo chochuluka m'magulu othawa.

Potsutsana ndi zopinga zazikulu, tsopano zikuwoneka kuti zikuwoneka kuti tikhoza kuona zoona zowona malo akutha mu 2017, kapena mwinanso 2018. Koma ngakhale apo sindikanatha kupuma. Pakalipano, maloto ogulitsa ndege akuthabe, ngakhale akuyamba kuyandikira pang'ono kukhala mwayi weniweni.