Igosa kunye ne-apos; -Jeff Bezos uthengisa isihloko sakhe se-CEO yeAmazon ngamaphiko e-astronaut.
Umsunguli wezigidigidi zeBlue Origin, oyehla kwindima yakhe eAmazon ngoJulayi 5, uya kuba ngomnye wabakhweli ngenqwelomoya yokuqala yovavanyo yenqwelomoya yaseNew Shepard, inkampani yabucala yenqwelomoya kunye neapos;
UJeff Bezos, umnini weBlue Origin, wazisa imodyuli entsha yokufika kwenyanga ebizwa ngokuba yiBlue Moon ngexesha lomnyhadala owawuse-Washington Convention Centre, ngoMeyi 9, 2019 eWashington, DC. Ityala: UMark Wilson / Getty Izithombe
'Uyawubona umhlaba emajukujukwini, kwaye uyakutshintsha. Itshintsha ubudlelwane bakho nalo mhlaba, kunye noluntu. Ngumhlaba omnye, utshilo uBezos kwi Ividiyo ye-Instagram iposwe ngale ntsasa. Ndifuna ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kuba yinto & endifuna ukuyenza ubomi bam bonke. Kunye neapos; adventure. Yinto enkulu kum. '
INew Shepard igqibe ngempumelelo iinqwelomoya ezili-15 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kodwa akukho namnye ohamba nabakhweli, ngaphandle kwedummy egama linguMannequin Skywalker. Ukuba konke kuhamba ngokwesicwangciso, inqwelomoya yokuqala iya kuba ngoJulayi 20, 2021, isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-52 sokufika kwenyanga ka-Apollo 11.
Ukujoyina iBezos kule nqwelomoya kuya kuba ngumntakwabo, uMarko, kunye nophumelele i Ifandesi eqhubekayo eziza kufikelela kuvuthondaba ngoJuni 12 (ngokupapashwa, i ibhidi ephezulu yangoku yi- $ 3.2 yezigidi ). Kodwa ekubeni iNew Shepard inegumbi labantu abathandathu, kunokwenzeka ukuba abanye bahambe nesithathu ebhodini.
Xa sele isebenza ngokupheleleyo, iNew Shepard izakwazisa ngenqwelomoya ngokukhawuleza kunye nokuhla ngenqwelomoya ukusuka kwindawo yayo eseNtshona Texas. I-capsule iya kuwela umgca weKármán, umda owamkelweyo kwilizwe lonke omalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-62 ngaphezulu koMhlaba, apho abakhweli baya konwaba imizuzu embalwa kubunzima ngaphambi kokuhla babuyele emhlabeni phantsi kweparashute.
Uhambo olwenziwe ngenqwelomoya lweNew Shepard luya kwenza iBlue Origin ibeyinkampani yesithathu ejikeleza ngesibhakabhaka ukubhabha abantu emajukujukwini; U-Elon Musk & apos; s SpaceX uthathe oosomajukujuku abali-10 esiya kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe, kunye noMhlekazi Richard Branson Intombi eyiGalactic Uqhube abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abathandathu kunye nomkhweli omnye kwiinqwelo-moya zee-suborbital- zonke iimvavanyo zovavanyo. Ngelixa uMusk engekabhengezi naziphi na izicwangciso zokubhabhela emajukujukwini, uBranson uzimisele ukubhabha kamva kulo nyaka.
UStefanie Waldek sisithuba esizimeleyo, intatheli, kunye nentatheli yoyilo onqwenela ukuba ngumkhweli wesine kwi-New Shepard & apos; inqwelomoya ezayo. Mlandele phambili I-Instagram kwaye Twitter kwi @stefaniewaldek.