ECAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Usomabhizinisi waseJapan obeqeqeshelwa ukuhamba ngendiza yezinsuku ezingu-10 e-International Space Station usemangalele efuna ukubuyiselwa imali yakhe, ethi waqolwa u-$21 million yinkampani yaseMelika ebihlela lo msebenzi.
UDaisuke Enomoto, 37, wayeseqedile ukuqeqeshwa eRussia futhi wayehlele ukundiza aye esiteshini egibele i-capsule yaseRussia i-Soyuz ngo-September 2006. Kodwa wakhishwa eqenjini elinamalungu amathathu inyanga ngaphambi kokuba aphume, evulela usomabhizinisi waseDallas u-Anousheh Ansari isihlalo ndiza esikhundleni.
U-Enomoto wafaka icala ngenyanga edlule eNkantolo Yesifunda yase-US e-Alexandria, eVirginia, ngokumelene ne-Space Adventures ezinze eVirginia, inkampani yezokuvakasha emkhathini ehlela ukuthumela umgibeli wayo wesithupha okhokhayo ukuthi azozungeza ngenyanga ezayo.
Ecaleni, elafakwa ku-inthanethi ngumagazini i-Wired, u-Enomoto uthi isimo sezempilo esicashunwe ngokususwa kwakhe eqenjini - amatshe ezinso - saziwa kakhulu yi-Space Adventures nodokotela ababeqaphe impilo yakhe nokufaneleka kwakhe ukundiza emkhathini. ukuqeqeshwa.
U-Enomoto uthi ukhishwe endizeni ukuze u-Ansari, owayetshale imali ku-Space Adventures, akwazi ukundiza. U-Ansari uphinde waba ngumsekeli oyinhloko womklomelo we-Ansari X wamaRandi ayizigidi eziyishumi owaklonyeliswa ngo-10 ngendiza yokuqala eyakhiwe ngasese eyenziwe ngasese.
Empendulweni efakwe ngoLwesithathu, abameli be-Space Adventures bathi inkontileka ka-Enomoto ayizange imnike igunya lokubuyiselwa imali uma enqanyulwa ngokokwelashwa.
“Lokho kwaba ingozi azifaka kuyo,” besho. "Ngisho noma u-Enomoto engafakazela ukuthi wayekholelwa ukuthi udukisiwe ngandlela thize, akazange alimale nganoma iyiphi indlela ngoba ...
U-Enomoto uthi i-Space Adventures yancenga izikhulu zasemkhathini zaseRussia ukuthi zimkhiphe ngaphansi kokuzenzisa kwezinkinga zezempilo.
“UMnu. 'Isimo sezokwelapha' sika-Enomoto asizange sibe sibi kakhulu njengoba kwakunjalo emasontweni amabili nje ngaphambi kokuba akhishwe, lapho ethola usizo lwezempilo yiKhomishini Yezokwelapha Kahulumeni waseRussia," kusho icala.
Futhi impilo yakhe yayingeyimbi kakhulu kunamasonto ayisikhombisa ngaphambi kokuhoxiswa kwakhe, lapho u-Enomoto evunyelwa iqembu lodokotela abahlanu ababethweswe icala lokugunyaza ukuhamba kwezakhamuzi ezizimele esiteshini sasemkhathini. Bahlanganisa odokotela be-Russian Federal Space Agency, i-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nabanye ababambisene esiteshini sasemkhathini, kusho icala.
Isikhalazo siphinde sithi i-Space Adventures yathembisa u-Enomoto ukuthi angakwazi ukuqhuba uhambo lwasemkhathini ngesikhathi esesiteshini futhi aqoqe amadiphozithi ayizigidi eziyisi-7, nakuba inkampani ingakaze ibe nesivumelwano neRussia mayelana nokuphuma.
Sekukonke, u-Enomoto ukhokhele i-Space Adventures amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-21 phakathi neminyaka emibili, akukho neyodwa ebuyiselwe imali, kusho leli cala.
