Wanene ya kamata ya tashi zuwa sararin samaniya kuma ya zama mutum kwata-kwata

Shin bai kamata a tura matuka jirgin zuwa duniyar wata ba? Inji prof. David A. Mindell (1) na Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts a wata hira da aka yi da mujallar Siyasa kan cika shekaru XNUMX da saukar wata.

Shin rikici ne na yanayi biyu ko al'adu a cikin NASA? Mindell ya ce? gwajin matukan jirgi, wanda aka taru a cikin Society of Testing Pilots, da injiniyoyin da ke da alaƙa da masana'antar roka. Na farko, saboda dalilai na zahiri, ya so mafi girman yiwuwar shigar matukan jirgi a balaguron sararin samaniya. A daya bangaren kuma, wani muhallin bai ga wani wuri ga wani mutum da ke jagorancin jirgin ruwa ba. (?)

Alamar farkon wannan rikici shine jawabin Wernher von Braun, injiniyan Nazi kuma mai haɗin gwiwa na roka V-2, wanda ya yi aiki ga Amurka bayan yakin. A shekara ta 1959, ya gabatar da jawabi a taron kungiyar matukan jirgi na gwaji, inda ya bayar da hujjar cewa bunkasa sararin samaniya da fasahar roka za ta kai ga kawar da matukan jirgi. Ba sai an fada ba, matukan jirgin sun karbe shi cikin sanyi. (?)

Shirye-shiryen sararin samaniya na farko? X-15 roka jirgin sama, Gemini da Mercury? sun kasance masu sarrafa kansu sosai, kuma aikin matukin jirgin ya yi iyaka. Apollo yana kama da kama. Shin hakan yana tabbatar da odar farko a shirye-shiryen tashi zuwa wata? kwangila ce ta gina na'urar kwamfuta ta tsakiya!?

Za ku sami ci gaban labarin a cikin watan Mayu na mujallar