Ugqatso olutsha lwasemajukujukwini luyaqala ukumila ngeendlela ezothusayo. Sibhekisa kumawaka eisathelayithi zonxibelelwano apho iinkampani ezininzi zabucala ziceba ukuzisa kumjikelezo woMhlaba kwiminyaka ezayo. Ezinye izinto ezikhutshiweyo ekuqaleni zinokuvakala zingabalulekanga, kodwa oko, xa kujongwa, zoyikeka ngakumbi kunokuba unokucinga.
Qhagamshela ihlabathi nangaliphi na ixabiso
Umbono weenkampani ezininzi ezifana SpaceX, Amazon y OneWeb kukundulula inani elikhulu lesathelayithi esithubeni esivumela ukudalwa kwenethiwekhi yemesh ejikeleze uMhlaba ukonwabele unxibelelwano olukhawulezayo. Izicwangciso zezokuba ezi intanethi zisebenze malunga neminyaka eli-10, ngoko ke akuyi kufuneka silinde ixesha elide ukubona olu nxibelelwano lutsha lwehlabathi.
Ekubeni sisazi ukuba oku kuya kuvumela unxibelelwano kuzo zonke iimbombo zehlabathi ngaphandle kwemida, yintoni ephosakeleyo ngokusasaza uthungelwano lwehlabathi lonke oluvumela unxibelelwano olukhawulezileyo nalo naluphi na ummandla wehlabathi? Ingxaki ilele kwinani: 57.000.
Elo iya kuba linani lesathelayithi ezicetywayo ukuba zibekwi-orbit kwi-2029 elandelayo. Ukuthathela ingqalelo ukuba siphakathi ku-2020, ukuba u-2029 akufanele avakale ukude kakhulu okanye ikamva kuwe ngeli xesha (ewe, kusenjalo. kubonakala kunjalo), ngoko ke ukusasazwa kusondele. Ukukunika umbono, iisathelayithi ezingama-57.000 ziphindaphindwe kangangama-25 inani leziphekepheke ezijikeleza umhlaba ngoku, kodwa ukuba ufuna into ekwenza ubone izinto ngokucacileyo, kungcono ujonge oku kumelwa kwividiyo.
indawo yenkunkuma
Ividiyo yaboniswa nguDan Oltrogge kwiNkomfa ye-23 ye-XNUMX yoNyaka yezoThutho lweNdawo yoRhwebo, ngombono wokwazisa ngengxaki enokuba phezu kwethu. Kwiintsuku ezimbini phambi komboniso, iisathelayithi ezimbini zaphantse zangqubana esithubeni ngenxa yempazamo, into eyayinokubangela amawaka enkunkuma yasesithubeni.
Ngokutsho kukaKevin O`Connell, umlawuli we-Ofisi ye-Space Commerce, ezi ntlobo zokungaphumeleli kunye neziganeko ezingalindelekanga zenzeka ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngoko ividiyo ka-Oltrogge ayenzi nto ngaphezu kokusilumkisa ngento esinokuba nayo kwiminyaka embalwa.
Baninzi, kodwa imeko iphantsi kolawulo
Ukukunika umbono, i-SpaceX iceba ukusungula i-12.000 satellites kunye nenkqubo yayo ye-StarLink, apho amawaka amaninzi avela kwi-OneWeb, i-Iridum kunye neprojekthi ye-Kuiper ye-Amazon kufuneka yongezwe. Oku kunganyusa inani lesathelayithi kakhulu, nangona kunjalo kubonakala ngathi zonke azilahlekanga.
U-Oltrogge ngokwakhe uqinisekisa ukuba kwi-orbit yomhlaba kukho indawo yeesathelayithi ezininzi, kwaye eyona nto inomdla kakhulu kukuba iimodeli ziphuhliswa ezivumela ukuhlukana kwazo xa ziyeka ukukhonza, ukwenzela ukuba inani liyancipha kwaye aliyi kuqokelelwa ngendlela indawo yenkunkuma.
Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba umngeni wokulawula indawo ukhona, ngoko ke iminyaka embalwa ezayo iya kuba yimfuneko ekumiseleni