I-SpaceX yethula i-IPO yayo ngalolo suku i-U.S. wabuyela enyangeni okokuqala phakathi 54 iminyaka. Isikhathi siyafaneleka: kungenzeka ukuthi kube okokugcina i-NASA izama ukusebenzisa ama-deep-space ohambweni ngaphandle kokusekelwa okukhulu okuvela ezinkampanini ezizimele ezisekelwa yibhizinisi..
Uhlelo lwamanje lwenyanga lweNASA lubuyela emuva kuGeorge W. Ukuphatha Bush, eyaqala ukwenza i-rocket enkulu kanye nomkhumbi-mkhathi we-Orion. Ngu 2010, iphrojekthi yayisidlulile isabelomali sayo futhi yehliswa, ngenkathi kwethulwa uhlelo olusha lokusekela izinkampani ezizimele ezakha amarokhethi e-orbital. Leso sinqumo saholela enkontilekeni yokonga inkampani ye-SpaceX futhi savusa igagasi lokutshalwa kwezimali kwebhizinisi kubuchwepheshe bomkhathi., ekugcineni kubangele rocket ye-SLS yanamuhla.
I-SLS iyirokhethi enamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni, njengoba ngaphambilini ngiqedele indiza eyodwa kuphela yokuhlola engasebenzanga ezungeza inyanga. Nokho, ukuthunyelwa kwenyanga kwesikhathi esizayo kuzoncika ku-SpaceX noma ku-Blue Origin - lezi zinkampani ezimbili ziyaqhudelana ukuze zibe ngezokuqala ukubeka amabhuzu endaweni yenyanga..
Lapho i-NASA inquma ukubuyela enyangeni 2019, yazizwa iphoqelekile ukuthi inamathele ku-SLS kanye ne-Orion kodwa yaphendukela esizukulwaneni esisha sezinkampani zasemkhathini ezizimele ukuze kwakhiwe umhlanzi wenyanga.. Ku 2021, I-SpaceX's Starship iwine inkontileka yomnikazi wendawo, nakuba kuzodinga ukwethulwa okungaphezu kweshumi nambili ukuze kugqugquzelwe ngokugcwele ohambweni. I-Blue Origin yengezwe kuhlelo ngo 2023. Ngaphansi kohlelo lwakamuva, I-NASA izohlola ikhono le-Orion capsule lokuhlangana nomuntu oyedwa noma bobabili abahlezi ku-orbit in 2027, uvula indlela yokungena okungaba khona 2028.
Umlawuli omusha we-NASA, usozigidigidi uJared Isaacman, ilulungise kahle kakhulu uhlelo: ukukhansela isiteshi sesikhala sase-Gateway senyanga kanye nokuthuthukiswa okumba eqolo ku-SLS, nokungena ezinkampanini ezizimele zasemkhathini.
Nokho, I-China iqhubezela phambili kancane kancane umgomo wayo wokufika kwenyanga 2030, okusho ukuthi noma yikuphi ukubambezeleka noma ukungahambi kahle kuzobukwa ngelensi ye-geopolitical. Njengoba kuze kube manje behlulekile ukushaya izinkampani zaseShayina ezimotweni zikagesi noma amarobhothi, I-Silicon Valley manje ibona inyanga njengethuba elibalulekile lokufakazela ukuthi isengaba ngumnikazi womngcele wezobuchwepheshe.