Svibanj / May 2010 - Maistra

Travel industrija | Travel Industry
Mali korak za čovječanstvo, velik za običnog turista | A Small Step for Human Kind, but a Giant leap for the Regular Tourist
Izgradnja letjelice / The construction of the aircraft
Uz Virgin Galactic na svijetu postoji još samo jedna
kompanija (Space Adventures ltd.), sa sjedištem u SAD-u
i uredom u Moskvi, koja omogućuje ostvarivanje lunarnih
misija za svakoga tko je voljan platiti 100 milijuna dolara.
Možda ipak preveliki korak za čovjeka, osobito za malog,
običnog čovjeka. No, Amerikanac Dennis Tito izdvojio je taj
iznos te tako postao prvi svemirski turist koji je u travnju
2001. osam dana svoga godišnjeg odmora proveo ni manje ni
više nego u Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji.
Besides Virgin Galactica, there is only one other company in
the world (Space Adventures Ltd.) with headquarters in New
York and an office in Moscow, which enables the realization
of lunar missions for anyone willing to pay 100 million dollars.
It might be too much of a large a step for a man, especially
the little man. However, the American Dennis Tito set this
amount aside and thus became the first space tourist who
spent no less than eight days of his holiday in April 2001 at
the International Space Station.
Hrvatska agencija za svemirski turizam
A ono što bi nama moglo biti zanimljivo, jest da je nakon potpisivanja
ugovora s Virgin Galacticom, u travnju ove godine, Ulix d.o.o. iz
Zagreba postala prva i jedina hrvatska agencija koja nudi svemirske
letove. Akreditirani svemirski agenti Anđelko Čalušić i Slaven Bonković
nazočili su i predstavljanju svemirskog broda SpaceShip Enterprise u
kalifornijskoj pustinji Mojave. Jedini Hrvat koji se do sada predbilježio
za pohod u svemir je splitski poduzetnik Juroslav Buljubašić. On
je potpisao ugovor izravno s Virgin Galacticom te tako započeo
ostvarenje svog dugogodišnjeg sna koji bi se trebao ostvariti do kraja
2012. godine. A imate li i vi slične snove te, naravno, nešto novčića sa
strane, svoje mjesto u letjelici možete već sada rezervirati na: www.
ulixtravel.com ili direktno na: www.virgingalactic.com.
Croatian Agency For Space Tourism
An interesting fact is that after signing the contract with Virgin
Galactica in April this year, Ulix ltd. from Zagreb became the first
and the only Croatian agency to offer space travel. Accredited space
agents Anđelko Čalušić and Slaven Bonković were present at the
presentation of the spacecraft SpaceShip Enterprise in the Californian
Mojave desert. The one and only Croat to sign up for space travel so
far is an entrepreneur from Split Juroslav Buljubašić who signed on
the dotted line directly with Virgin Galactica and thus started to fulfill
his age-long dream which should become a reality by the end of 2012.
And if you happen to have similar dreams, and of course a little money
set aside, you can already book your seat in a space ship at www.
ulixtravel.com or directly at www.virgingalactic.com.
zračna luka Virgin Galactica nalazi se u New Mexicu,
a u planu je izgradnja još dvije: u Škotskoj, te u
švedskom gradu Kiruni koja bi cijeloj avanturi donijela
još jednu atraktivnost - promatranje polarne svjetlosti.
Iako Bransona mnogi stručnjaci i bivši astronauti
podupiru, ipak je puno veći broj onih koji ga kritiziraju
i to zbog sigurnosnih razloga. Naime, profesionalni
astronauti prolaze zahtjevnu vojnu obuku i duge
pripreme, dok Virgin obuka traje samo 3 dana. No,
stručnjaci koji su dizajnirali Virgin letjelice, čvrsto stoje
iza stajališta da se putovanje njihovim svemirskim
letjelicama ne razlikuje previše od putovanja vlakom ili
zrakoplovom te da ga je u stanju podnijeti svaka osoba
koja nema neki ozbiljniji zdravstveni problem.
passengers and two pilots into the orbit. Currently,
two space ships are ready to be launched, with space
travelers aboard. The main Virgin Galactica launch
area is situated in New Mexico, and a further two are
going to be built: in Scotland and in the Swedish city
of Kiruni, which would add another attraction to the
whole adventure owing to the possibility of the view of
aurora boraealis.
Although Branson has the support of many experts
and ex-astronauts, there are still a large number of
skeptics who show criticism due to safety reasons.
Specifically, professional astronauts must go endure
demanding military training and extensive preparation,
while Virgin training lasts only 3 days. However, the
experts who designed Virgin space ships stand firmly
behind their opinion that traveling in their space ships
is no different than traveling by train or plane, and
that any person who does not have a serious heath
problem would be able to bear it.
Prvi probni let uspješno je izveden 22. ožujka, a trajao je 2 sata i 54 minute dosegavši visinu od 13 716 metara
The first test flight was done on March 22 - it lasted for two hours and 54 minutes and reached the height of 13.716 meters
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