Ngokusho komholi we-Russian National AeroNet Technology Initiative, iRussia ingabona ukuqala kokuvakasha kwasemkhathini kwangasese cishe eminyakeni emihlanu.
U-Sergei Zhukov we-National AeroNet Technology Initiative ubekhuluma ngalokho okubizwa nge-CosmoCourse project, ethuthukiswa ngumtshali-zimali ozimele.
Uhlelo olusha luzovumela ababambiqhaza ukuthi bandize imizuzu embalwa baye kubude obuyi-100km ngaphambi kokuba behle nge-parachute noma indiza esebenza injini.
“Sikhuluma ngokugcwala kwezivakashi ezingaphansi komhlaba. Imoto eyethulwa phansi, eyehlayo, kanye nenjini njengamanje kuthuthukiswa,” kusho uZhukov, wengeza ngokuthi inkampani yokuthuthukisa inelayisensi evela enkampanini yasemkhathini yaseRussia, iRoscosmos.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzothatha iminyaka emihlanu, kodwa mhlawumbe ngaphezulu," kusho uchwepheshe.
Ngo-Agasti 2017, inkampani yangasese yaseRussia i-CosmoCourse yathola ilayisense ye-Roscosmos yemisebenzi yasemkhathini. Inkampani ihlela ukwakha umkhumbi-mkhathi we-suborbital ongasetshenziswa kabusha wokuvakasha emkhathini. Umqondisi Jikelele wale nkampani uPavel Pushkin uthe phambilini izakhamizi eziningi zaseRussia zikulungele ukukhokha ama-dollar angu-200,000 250,000 kuya ku-$XNUMX ngendiza emkhunjini onjalo.
I-ejensi yasemkhathini yaseRussia isivele yenze imisebenzi ye-orbital space tourism.
Kuze kube manje, izivakashi eziyisikhombisa sezivakashele indawo. Owayengusosayensi weNASA uDennis Tito waba isivakashi sokuqala sasemkhathini lapho eya e-International Space Station izinsuku ezingu-2001 ngo-20. Ezinye izivakashi zasemkhathini eziyisithupha nazo zavakashela lesi siteshi, ngayinye yazo ikhokha phakathi kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-40 kuya kwezingu-2009. Usomabhizinisi waseCanada kanye nomsunguli we-Cirque du Soleil u-Guy Laliberte waba yisivakashi sokugcina sasemkhathini ngo-2015. Umculi waseBrithani u-Sarah Brightman naye kwakufanele ahambe ngo-XNUMX, kodwa indiza yakhe yakhanselwa ngezizathu ezingaziwa.
