MOSCOW - Dziko la Russia silitumiza alendo ku malo okwerera mlengalenga chaka chino chifukwa chofuna kuchulukitsa kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito pawailesiyi, mkulu wa bungwe loyang'anira zakuthambo ku Russia adatero poyankhulana ndi Lachitatu.
Mkulu wa Roscosmos Anatoly Anatoly Perminov adauza nyuzipepala ya boma Rossiiskaya Gazeta kuti wopanga mapulogalamu a US Charles Simonyi - yemwe wawuluka kale kupita ku siteshoni - adzakhala mlendo womaliza pamene akuphulika kuchokera ku Baikonur cosmodrome mu March.
Dongosolo laphindu la Russia la zokopa alendo m'mlengalenga lawulutsa "otenga nawo gawo mumlengalenga" asanu ndi mmodzi kuyambira 2001. Otenga nawo gawo adalipira $20 miliyoni ndikukwera paulendo wandege wokwera masitima apamtunda a Soyuz opangidwa ndi US-based Space Adventures Ltd.
"Ogwira ntchito pamalo okwerera mlengalenga, monga mukudziwa, adzakulitsidwa chaka chino kukhala mamembala asanu ndi mmodzi. Chifukwa chake sipadzakhala zotheka kupanga maulendo apaulendo opita kusiteshoni pambuyo pa 2009, "Perminov adatero poyankhulana ndi Roscosmos.
Zombo zankhondo zaku Russia za Soyuz ndi Progress zakhala gawo lofunikira pakusamalira ndi kukulitsa masiteshoni okwana $100 biliyoni - makamaka pambuyo pa ngozi ya 2003 Columbia, yomwe idapangitsa kuti zombo zonse zaku US zithe.
Bungwe la US Space Agency, NASA, lidzadalira kwambiri anthu aku Russia pambuyo pa 2010 pamene sitima zapamadzi zaku US zidzayimitsidwa mpaka kalekale, kusiya openda zakuthambo kuti azikwera ndege zaku Russia mpaka sitima yatsopano ya NASA ikupezeka, mu 2015.
Ngakhale kuti ndalama zaboma zawonjezeka panthawi yomwe chuma cha dzikolo chikuyenda bwino chifukwa cha mafuta m'zaka khumi zapitazi, bungwe loyang'anira zakuthambo ku Russia silinapezeke ndalama m'mbiri yonse ya dziko la Russia pambuyo pa Soviet Union. Zinali mpainiya mu bizinesi kutsegula malo oyenda kwa alendo. M'zaka zaposachedwa, makampani angapo azinsinsi - kuphatikiza Space Adventures - adathamanga kuti apange ntchito yotheka kuyendetsa maulendo apayekha ndi maulendo ena apamlengalenga.
Wopanga roketi waku California Xcor Aerospace mwezi watha adalengeza kuti munthu waku Danish ndiye adzakhala woyamba kukwera sitima yapamadzi yokhala ndi mipando iwiri yomwe imalipidwa mwachinsinsi. Akuluakulu akampani ati matikiti akugulitsidwa $95,000 iliyonse ndipo kusungitsa ndege 20 kwasungidwa.
Mpikisano waukulu wa Xcor ukumanga SpaceShipTwo, sitima ya mipando eyiti yomwe idzatenge okwera makilomita 62 pamwamba pa dziko lapansi $200,000 iliyonse.
Nzika yaposachedwa kwambiri yomwe idakwera ndege ya Soyuz, wopanga masewera apakompyuta Richard Garriott, adalipira $35 miliyoni pampando wake.
Chaka chatha, monga Roscosmos adawonetsa kuti masiku oyendera mlengalenga m'ngalawa zaku Russia atha kuwerengedwa, Space Adventures idalengeza kuti ikufuna kubwereketsa ndege yonse yamlengalenga, yokha. Bungwe la Russia likadayendetsabe ntchitoyi, koma Space Adventures idzalipira ulendowu ndikugula chombo chake cha Soyuz.
Sizinadziwike nthawi yomweyo ngati mgwirizanowu upitilirebe mtsogolo malinga ndi kuyankhulana kwa Perminov.
Mneneri wa bungwe la Russia sanapezekepo nthawi yomweyo kuti ayankhe patatha maola Lachitatu. Uthenga wosiyidwa kwa woimira Space Adventures sunabwezedwe nthawi yomweyo.
