I-NASA ebanjwe yimali ukuvumela ezokuvakasha ezizimele kwi-International Space Station

I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) iphoqeleke ukuthi ithathe omunye umsebenzi wokukhokha izikweletu: idlalela izivakashi ezizimele ezingena kwi-International Space Station.

Isikhungo sasemkhathini, esisebenza ngaphansi kwesisindo sesethembiso saso sokubuyela eNyangeni ngo-2024, simemezele ukuthi isigaba saso sesiteshi sasemkhathini sivulekele amabhizinisi, atholakala ngokuqashisela osomkhathi abazimele nezinkampani zezentengiselwano ngokufanayo, ukuqala ngokushesha ngonyaka ozayo. Hhayi kuphela ukuthi amakhasimende azokwazi ukuthola isikhala - azokwazi ngisho ukusebenzisa osomkhathi be-NASA emsebenzini wabo wokuhweba, futhi basebenzise ubuchwepheshe babo ukwenza amaphrojekthi abo - noma ngabe yifilimu, isikhangiso, noma mhlawumbe idili lokuzalwa elibiza kakhulu emhlabeni .

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-ISS ngeke kushibhile, yebo - lokho kuzohlula injongo. “Umsebenzi” ozohlala izinsuku ezingekho ngaphezulu kwezingu-30, kubikwa ukuthi uzobiza imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 50. Ngenkathi i-NASA izothumela kuphela imisebenzi emibili yangasese ngonyaka, imali iyanezela ngokushesha futhi izohamba ibanga elide ekugcwaliseni isikhala esivame ukwedlula njengoba intshisekelo yabaphathi bakaTrump yokubuyela eNyangeni incipha.

I-NASA ilwe kanzima ukuhambisana nezinkampani ezizimele ezinjengeSpaceX neBlue Origin, ezingavinjelwe ngokuphelele ukwehluka kwezabelomali zikahulumeni futhi zikhululekile ukuthengisa konke okwenzayo. Kuze kube isimemezelo sayo ngoLwesine sokuthi ivula iminyango ye-ISS ivulekele umphakathi (ocebile kakhulu), i-NASA ayivumanga lutho ngaphandle kwengxenye yemfundo noma yocwaningo ngaphakathi - ngokuqinisekile hhayi izivakashi ezizimele - futhi ividiyo yayo "yamukelekile" iyaphazamisa.

"Ukunika amandla umnotho odlondlobele ekuzungezeni umhlaba osezingeni eliphansi bekulokhu kuyisici esishayelayo sohlelo lwesiteshi sasemkhathini," kusho usomkhathi uChristina Koch, ethembisa ukuthi iNASA entsha, enziwe yangasese "izokwenza indawo itholakale kalula kubo bonke abantu baseMelika."

Ngokungafani nohambo lwenyanga oludala oluxhaswe nguhulumeni, iNASA entsha nethuthukisiwe izothumela “osomkhathi abazimele” ku-ISS ezindizeni ezinikezelwe ngemali ezizimele eziqhutshwa izinkampani ezinjengeSpaceX neBoing, zisebenzisa umkhumbi-mkhathi wase-US njengezokuthutha; I-NASA inethemba lokuthi njengoba lolu hambo luhamba njalo, opharetha babo bazokwakha ubuchwepheshe obungcono futhi obushibhile.

Ekugcineni, i-NASA iphakamisa ukuthi, i-ISS izomane ibe yindawo yokuhamba ibheke ochungechungeni "lwamasango" antantayo eduze nenyanga kanye ne-Mars kamuva, futhi bahlela ukwenza itheku elilodwa le-ISS litholakale ezinkampanini ezizimele ngenhloso yokuhweba, ngethemba lokudala ukwakhiwa kwenqwaba “yeziteshi zesikhala sangasese” ku-Low-Earth Orbit.

Umzamo we-NASA wokusungula uhlelo lokubuyela eNyangeni ngo-2024 ngaphandle kokuzithengisa kumthengi ophakeme kakhulu oshaywe wabuye washiswa ngenyanga edlule, kwaphoqeleka ukuba kusulwe umsizi okhethekile wephrojekthi uMark Sirangelo ngemuva kokuthi iCongress yenqabile ukunikeza i-ejensi izimali ebezizodinga finyelela eNyangeni.

Kepha yize umphathi wesibindi we-NASA uJim Bridenstine efake iNASA entsha, eyenziwe yangasese, uyaqhubeka nokugwema noma yikuphi ukulinganiselwa kwezindleko zephrojekthi, kanye nesilinganiso sezentengiselwano ze-crass asemukele ngokuzumayo - evumela izinkampani ukuthi zithenge amalungelo okuqamba amagama kumarokhethi, isibonelo - kusikisela ukuthi inombolo inkulu impela impela.

Okungabonakali kahle ngekusasa lohlelo njengoba, ngokusho kwe-Twitter feed yakhe, uMongameli Trump usevele unesithukuthezi ngeNyanga futhi wadlulela eMars.