LONDON - Maulendo oyenda maulendo ataliatali atha kupangidwa m'zam'mlengalenga m'malo mwa ndege m'zaka 20 ngati zoyesayesa za Virgin zopanga malonda akuyenda bwino, Purezidenti wa Virgin Galactic adauza a Reuters poyankhulana.
Will Whitehorn adati zolinga za Virgin zotengera alendo mumlengalenga ndi gawo loyamba lomwe lingatsegule mwayi wosiyanasiyana kwa kampaniyo kuphatikiza sayansi ya zakuthambo, mafamu apakompyuta am'mlengalenga ndikulowetsa ndege zakutali.
Virgin Galactic, m'gulu la Richard Branson's Virgin Group, wasonkhanitsa $ 40 miliyoni m'madipoziti kuchokera kwa omwe angakhale alendo odzaona malo, kuphatikizapo katswiri wa sayansi ya sayansi Stephen Hawking ndi woyendetsa galimoto wakale Niki Lauda, ndipo akuyembekeza kuyamba maulendo amalonda mkati mwa zaka ziwiri.
Whitehorn adati kusungitsa kwa anthu 300 omwe akufuna kulipira $200,000 aliyense paulendo wandege watsimikizira Virgin kuti ntchitoyi inali yotheka. Pakali pano ikuyendetsa ndege zoyesa ndipo ikuyembekeza kuti posachedwa ipambana laisensi kuchokera ku Federal Aviation Authority.
"Tinafunika kudziwa kuti tili ndi dongosolo labwino la bizinesi," adatero m'mphepete mwa FIPP World Magazine Congress, komwe adaitanidwa kuti alankhule zazatsopano.
Virgin akuti ukadaulo wake, womwe umatulutsa chombo chamlengalenga kupita munjira yaying'ono mumlengalenga pogwiritsa ntchito ndege yonyamula ndege, ndi wokonda zachilengedwe kuposa ukadaulo wa rocket woyambitsidwa pansi.
Zida zopanda zitsulo zomwe sitimayi imapangidwira zimakhalanso zopepuka ndipo zimafuna mphamvu zochepa kuposa, mwachitsanzo, ma space shuttles a NASA, Whitehorn amatsutsa.
Amawoneratu kugwiritsa ntchito zombo zoyeserera zasayansi, mwachitsanzo ngati njira ina yochezera International Space Station kapena kugwiritsa ntchito ndege zopanda anthu makampani opanga mankhwala omwe akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito microgravity kusintha tinthu.
Pambuyo pake, ndegeyo ikhoza kugwiritsidwa ntchito poyambitsa ma satelayiti ang'onoang'ono kapena kunyamula katundu wina mumlengalenga, akutero Whitehorn. "Titha kuyika mafamu athu onse m'malo mosavuta."
Atafunsidwa za kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe, adanena kuti akhoza kukhala ndi mphamvu ya dzuwa, ndipo akunena kuti mulimonse momwe zingakhalire zowonongeka m'mlengalenga zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuwononga kuposa kusiya zinyalala.
"Kuwononga malo ndikovuta kwambiri," adatero.
Pamapeto pake, amaona kuti n’zotheka kunyamula anthu kupita nawo kumalo a dziko lapansi m’ndege kunja kwa mlengalenga m’malo mwa ndege. Akuti ulendo wochokera ku Britain kupita ku Australia ukhoza kuchitika pafupifupi maola 2-1/2.
"Izi ndi zaka 20," adatero.
Virgin si gulu lokhalo lomwe si laboma lomwe likuyesera kupititsa patsogolo kuyenda kwa mlengalenga m'malo achinsinsi, koma Whitehorn ali ndi chidaliro kuti ndiye woyamba kutenga okwera mumlengalenga.
SpaceX, motsogozedwa ndi wazamalonda wakale wa Silicon Valley, Elon Musk, ikupanga magalimoto otsegulira mlengalenga koma sanapangidwe kuti azinyamula anthu.
Whitehorn adati adalandira mawu ambiri achidwi kuchokera ku mabungwe azachuma ndi mabungwe ena ndi mabungwe omwe akufuna kutenga nawo gawo pabizinesi, zomwe angaganizire.
"Tikuwona kuthekera kuti titha kubweretsa Investor," adatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti padzakhala mpanda wandalama womwe umapita kumalo achinsinsi."
Atafunsidwa za momwe zinalili bwino ndi chilengedwe kupanga zokopa alendo, zomwe mosakayikira palibe amene amafunikira poyamba, Whitehorn adati palibe projekiti yamtsogolo yomwe amalingalira yomwe ingatheke popanda kutsimikizira mtundu wabizinesi.
"Simungathe kupanga dongosolo pano popanda kupanga misika," adatero.
Ananenanso kuti kuona dziko lapansi kuchokera mumlengalenga kungasinthe maganizo a anthu.
"Pali anthu 500 okha m'mlengalenga mpaka pano, ndipo aliyense wagula $50 mpaka $100 miliyoni pa avareji," adatero. "Woyang'ana mumlengalenga aliyense ndi wokonda zachilengedwe."
