Indiza yokuhlola ye-Tourist Space Balloon izosingathwa yi-Saudi Arabia

ISaudi Arabia isingathe indiza elandelayo yokuhlola yebhaluni lomkhathi wezokuvakasha. I-Saudi Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) ibambisene nenkampani yezokuvakasha emkhathini, i-Halo Space, endizeni yokuhlola. Ukusebenzisana kwabo kwaqala ekuqaleni kuka-2024. I-CST inesibopho sokuvumela ingqalasizinda yezokuxhumana esezingeni eliphezulu e-Saudi Arabia. Iqinisekisa ukuthi izinsiza zokuxhumana zihlangabezana nokufinyeleleka okuthile, ukusebenza, ukulunga, kanye namazinga wenani. Ilawula ngokukhethekile ezokuxhumana ngocingo zombuso, i-IT, nezinsizakalo zobuchwepheshe obusafufusa. I-Halo Space, ngakolunye uhlangothi, iyifemu yezokuvakasha emkhathini yaseSpain eyaqala ukusebenza ngo-2021. Isebenza ngokukhethekile ekuthuthukiseni ibhaluni le-stratospheric lezivakashi. Nge-stratospheric, lokhu kubhekisela ekubeni sengqimbeni yomhlaba ezungeze amakhilomitha ayi-10 kuya kwangu-50 ngaphezu kobuso bawo.

Mayelana nendiza yokuhlola

Ngendiza elandelayo yokuhlola ye-Halo Space, izosebenzisa i-capsule yosayizi wempilo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Aurora. Uhlelo luwukuba i-Aurora ihambe ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-30 ngaphezu kobuso boMhlaba. Ngokwenza indiza yokuhlola, i-Halo Space ne-CST ingabheka ukuthi izinhlelo zayo ezibucayi zisebenza kanjani. Ngokusho kweHalo Space, kubathathe iminyaka emithathu ukuthuthukisa lezi zinhlelo. Isikhulu sezobuchwepheshe be-Halo Space u-Alberto Castrillo ukhulume ngemininingwane yendiza yokuhlola. “Izinsuku nendawo zabekwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukusebenza okuthembekile kwemishini yethu kanye nezimo eziphephile emaqenjini azobe ephansi eqhuba indiza,” esho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ibamba lombusi we-CST womkhakha wezomkhathi, u-Frank Salzgeber, uphawule ngokubaluleka kwendiza yokuhlola. “Le phrojekthi entsha imele igxathu elibalulekile eliya phambili kwezokuvakasha emkhathini, futhi ekusekeleni intuthuko enjalo yezobuchwepheshe kanye namathuba okutshala imali eSaudi Arabia, i-CST ihlale izibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ngezinhlaka zokulawula ezikhuthaza ukuqanjwa kabusha phakathi kwezinkampani namaphrojekthi afana ne-Halo Space ngenkathi iqinisekisa ukuphepha abasebenzi nezinto zokwakha,” usho kanje.

Ukusebenzela umgomo ofanayo

Ngaleso sikhathi, umphathi we-Halo Space uCarlos Mira, ukhulume ngokubambisana ne-CST. “Ukubambisana eduze nezikhungo ezizimele nezikahulumeni ukuze zamukele amazinga okuphepha kanye nezinqubo zokunikeza izitifiketi kubalulekile emsebenzini wethu,” esho. “Ukubambisana kwethu ne-CST kugcizelela ukuzibophezela kwethu ekudaleni ulwazi lwendiza eseduze nendawo ephephile ngangokunokwenzeka.” Ngaphandle kobambiswano lwe-CST ne-Halo Space, i-CST iphinde yasebenza ne-General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). Ngalokhu kubambisana, i-CST, kanye nezinhlangano zikahulumeni ezifanele, zikwazile ukuhlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zokulawula zendiza yokuhlola. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Halo Space isungule isizinda sayo sokusebenza esivelele kanye nendawo yomhlangano eSaudi Arabia. Ngalokhu, iSaudi Arabia isesimweni esingcono sokuhola ezokuvakasha emkhathini. Lokhu kuphinde kugcizelele umgomo obanzi wombuso wokuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-150 minyaka yonke ngo-2030. Ngo-2023, umkhakha wezokuvakasha waseSaudi wawuvele wephule amarekhodi ezokuvakasha , kusukela ekunikeleni kwawo kwe-GDP, kanye nokuqashwa okwengeziwe, kuya ekukhuleni kwawo kukonke. Indiza yokuhlola ye-Halo Space yebhaluni layo lendawo yezokuvakasha yenzeka ngo-2025. Ithemba ukuthi izoqala ukunikeza izindiza zezentengiso kusukela ngo-2026. Izithombe: X/Arab News, X/inSaudi