Ubani okufanele andizele emkhathini futhi kufanele abe umuntu nhlobo

Abashayeli bezindiza bekungafanele yini bathunyelwe enyangeni? kusho uProf. UDavid A. Mindell (1) we-Massachusetts Institute of Technology engxoxweni enikezwe umagazini Wezombangazwe ngokugubha iminyaka engu-XNUMX ukufika kwenyanga.

Ingabe bekuwukungqubuzana kwezindawo ezimbili noma amasiko ngaphakathi kwe-NASA? Wathi uMindell? abashayeli bezindiza bokuhlola, abaqoqwe ku-Society of Experimental Test Pilots, kanye nonjiniyela abahlotshaniswa nemboni yerokhethi ekuqaleni. Owokuqala, ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala, wayefuna ukuhlanganyela okukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka kwabashayeli bezindiza ohambweni lwasemkhathini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, enye indawo ayizange iyibone indawo indoda ephethe umkhumbi-mkhathi. (?)

Isiqalo esingokomfanekiso salokhu kungqubuzana inkulumo kaWernher von Braun, unjiniyela wamaNazi kanye nomsunguli werokhethi i-V-2, owasebenzela i-United States ngemva kwempi. Ngo-1959, wenza isethulo engqungqutheleni ye-Society of Experimental Pilots, lapho aphikisana khona ngokuthi ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe be-space kanye ne-rocket empeleni kuzoholela ekuqedweni kwabashayeli bezindiza. Akudingekile ukusho ukuthi, abashayeli bezindiza bakuthola ngokubandayo. (?)

Izinhlelo zesikhala sokuqala? Indiza yerokhethi ye-X-15, iGemini neMercury? ayesebenza ngokuzenzakalelayo, futhi indima yabashayeli bezindiza yayincane kakhulu. I-Apollo ibonakala ifana. Ingabe lokhu kufakazelwa umyalo wokuqala wokulungiselela indiza eya enyangeni? kwakuyinkontileka yokwakha ikhompuyutha ephakathi ebhodini!?

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