Indlela ukuhamba ngayo "i-Kangaroo Route" engekho esikhathini esingakapheli isikhathi
Nakuba izindiza ezikwazi kahle zikhona namuhla, ukushayela okuthiwa "i-Kangaroo Route" ephakathi kwaseLondon naseSydney okungekho emthethweni kungase kubonakale kungabonakali ezindizeni zezindiza, kokubili inzuzo kanye nemibono yokunethezeka kwamakhasimende.
Okokuqala futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuhamba amakhilomitha angu-10,573 e-nautical phakathi kweLondon neSydney kudinga amahora angaba ngu-20 emoyeni ngendiza yamanje yokuhamba ngesikebhe, isikhathi esiningi esingaziqedi ukusisebenzisa emgodini wensimbi ecindezelekile, ngisho noma unenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuba uqambe amanga -esihlalo sokuqala esiklasini.
Okwesibili, ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zomgwaqo kuyimpofu kakhulu, yingakho iningi lingapheli isikhathi eside - ukulimala okwakusanda kwenzeka yinkinga yaseSingapore ye-Singapore-Newark engekho emgwaqeni (nakuba i-airline imemezele ukuthi ihlose ukuletha leyo ndlela emuva kwezinye iphuzu).
Naphezu kwalokhu, izingqondo eziningana zezindiza nosomabhizinisi bakholelwa ukuthi nje iLondon-Sydney engavumelani ingaba umzila onenzuzo - bakholelwa ukuthi ingaqhutshwa emahoreni amane, noma ngisho nangaphansi!
Umphumeleli we-Concorde?
Uma unanoma yikuphi ukufaneleka kwe-arithmetic, isisombululo esicacile senkinga yesikhathi sokushayela saseLondon-Sydney ukwandisa isivinini esikhulu. Like, bathi, abadali beJet Concorde supersonic jet baphila isikhathi eside, lapho benza indiza ekwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo ngamakhilomitha angu-1 200 ngehora, ngokuphindwe kabili ngokushayela indiza yezokuhweba.
Njengalokhu kubhala, izinkampani ezinjengeGulfstream, Lockheed Martin kanye neNASA ziyamncintisana ukuzama nokwakha "iNdodana kaCordorde" okuthiwa yiNdodana kuphela, yilapho kuphela le ndodana yayiyoba namandla kakhulu kunaboyise, kuze kube ngu-2 500 miles ngehora - noma mhlawumbe ngokushesha.
Inkinga ye-Supersonic
Inkinga neComporde ayikho impela amaflaya amanani ayadingeka ukukhokha noma eyedwa (kodwa iphrofayli ephakeme kakhulu) ukuqhuma kweCordorde okwenzeka ngo-2000 esikhumulweni sezindiza saseParis sikaCharles de Gaulle. Esikhundleni salokho, umgoqo oyinhloko wokwenza indiza ephezulu kakhulu ... kahle, isithintezwi somsindo, kanye "ne-sonic boom" indiza idala uma iphula.
Ngezindiza ezihamba kakhulu phezu kwamanzi (njengeNew York eLondon naseParis, okuyinto isinkwa nebhotela likaConstorde), lokhu kwakungeyona inkinga enjalo. Kodwa kusukela eLondon kuya eSydney (futhi, ngokuqinisekile, izindiza eziningi ezisezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni wonke) zidinga ukuhamba ngezinqwaba zomhlaba, izinhlangothi ezibalwe ngenhla zizama ukuthola indlela yokunciphisa noma ngisho nokususa umphumela wezinkampani ze-sonic impucuko yasemhlabeni.
Solution sikaRichard Branson
Akumangalisi ukuthi u-mega-osomabhizinisi kanye no-Richard Branson obonayo yonke imibono uye wahlongoza isisombululo. Futhi ngendlela efanayo engaqinisekisayo, isixazululo sakhe sibonakala njengama-bonkers ngokuqala kokufunda.
Imibono kaBranson ehamba ngezindiza eLondon-Sydney (nezinye izindlela ezide kakhulu) zingasebenzisi izindiza, kodwa kunalokho zisebenzisa i-Virgin Galactic "spaceplane" ehamba isikhala, kunokuba idlule emkhathini. Ukwenza kanjalo ngeke nje kuvumele indiza ukuba isebenzise ukuvinjelwa kwe-rocket njengoba ithola amandla adonsela phansi (i-Branson ibheka eLondon-Sydney ithatha amahora amathathu noma ngaphansi), kodwa futhi ngeke ibe nethonya emvelweni uma kuqhathaniswa nosuku lwanamuhla ezindizayo.
Okwamanje, okwamanje, abahambi phakathi kweLondon neSydney kuzodingeka "badonsa" njenge-kangaroo, beyeka eHong Kong, eSingapore, eDairobi noma e-Abu Dhabi, ukubiza ezinye izindlela.