I-FAA ne-NASA baqinisa ubambiswano emisebenzini yezikhala zokuhweba

I-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) kanye neNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) basayine imemorandamu yokuqondana (MOU) ukuxhasa imisebenzi yezikhala zentengiso ehlobene nokuthuthwa kwabagibeli bakahulumeni nabangewona uhulumeni, izimpahla, kanye nokulayishwa kokukhokhelwa kwazo zombili izindlela kanye nokuthunyelwa kwama-suborbital.

"Lokhu kusebenzisana kwe-FAA-NASA ezingeni lika-Administrator kuzothuthukisa umkhakha wezentengiselwano waseMelika, kusize isayensi nobuchwepheshe, futhi kusize ukuxhumanisa izinqubomgomo zomhlaba zase-US," kusho uNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-US u-Elaine L. Chao.

The FAA futhi NASA babe nentshisekelo ekwabelwana ngayo ekwakheni imboni yezikhala yezentengiselwano enamandla ukuthola ukufinyeleleka okuphephile, okuthembekile, futhi okungabizi kakhulu esikhaleni, futhi kuthuthukisa ukuncintisana, ukuphepha kanye nokutholakala kwamakhono e-American aerospace. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubambisana kubalulekile ekufezeni izinhloso nezinjongo zezinqubomgomo eziningi zase-US zesikhala sasemkhathini.

"Ukubambisana phakathi kwe-FAA ne-NASA kubalulekile ukuqhubeka nokukhula, ukuqamba kanye nokuphepha kokusebenza kwendawo yezentengiselwano, kanye nokugcina ukuvelela kobuholi base-US emkhakheni we-aerospace," kusho uMphathi we-FAA uSteve Dickson.

Ngaphansi kwe-MOU, i-FAA ne-NASA bazokwakha ukwethulwa okuzinzile kanye nohlaka lokungena kabusha embonini yezikhala yaseMelika esobala, futhi igweme izidingo ezingqubuzanayo namasethi amaningi wamazinga. Lezi zinhlaka zombili zizophinde ziqhubekisele phambili uhlelo lokushayela phansi ngamaphoyinti ngamabhanoyi aqokiwe nezakhiwo zasemkhathini phakathi kwezinye izinto ukuxhasa le ndlela yokuguqula ezokuhamba ngendiza ende.

"I-NASA manje indizela ukuthunyelwa kwemithwalo kanye nabasebenzi esikhungweni i-International Space Station, futhi kungekudala sizothumela abantu abaningi nesayensi emkhathini ngezindiza ezintsha ezingekho emthethweni," kusho uMphathi weNASA uJim Bridenstine. "Ukubambisana kwethu ne-FAA kuzosekela ukukhula kwamakhono e-American aerospace okuzohlomula iNASA, isizwe kanye nomhlaba wonke."

I-MOU izophinda isize i-FAA ne-NASA ekuthuthukiseni ukuphepha komphakathi, ihlinzekele ubuchwepheshe besikhala esisha nezindawo zamathuba ocwaningo, futhi yabelane ngemininingwane yezokwelapha ngemiphumela yokundiza komkhathi phakathi kwabagibeli bezimoto zasemkhathini nezindawo zokuhlala isikhala.

Ukubambisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwalezi zinhlaka ezimbili kwaqokonyiswa ngokwethulwa kokuqala kwabasebenzi be-NASA abanamalayisense e-FAA - umkhankaso we-NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) ophumelele e-International Space Station ngoNovemba 2020.

Okunye ukusebenzisana okukhona phakathi kwe-FAA ne-NASA kufaka ne-Flight Opportunities Programme esize ukuthuthukisa uhlaka lwabacwaningi ezindiza abavela embonini nasezifundweni ezindizeni zezentengiselwano kanye nemizamo ye-CCP yeSuborbital Crew (SubC) yokwandisa amakhono okuthuthwa komkhathi ongaphansi komkhathi osomkhathi be-NASA namanye ama-NASA abasebenzi. Ilayisense ye-FAA iyadingeka ukwenza noma ikuphi ukuqaliswa kwendawo yokuhweba noma ukungena kabusha, ukusebenza kwanoma isiphi isayithi lokuqalisa noma lokufaka kabusha izakhamizi zase-US noma kuphi emhlabeni, noma yinoma yimuphi umuntu noma inhlangano ngaphakathi e-United States.