Arthur Greene
Cishe kube imizuzu eyi-11 ngoLwesibili, indoda ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni ivakashele emkhathini, okukhomba ukuqala kwenkathi entsha yabavakashi abacebile abazovakasha emkhathini.
UJeff Bezos, oyi-CEO esanda kuthatha umhlalaphansi futhi owasungula i-Amazon, undizele emkhathini ngerokhethi yakhe ebizwa nge-New Shepard. Yakhiwa inkampani yakhe egxile ezintweni zasemkhathini, i-Blue Origin.
Endizeni ubejoyinwe ngumfowabo, uMark; uWally Funk oneminyaka engama-82 ongumakadebona wendawo yasemkhathini; kanye nomfundi waseDashi oneminyaka eyi-18, u-Oliver Daemen.
UFunk uyena ubemdala kunabo bonke kanti uDaemen ubemncane kunabo bonke abake baya emkhathini.
Ngowezi-1960, uFunk wayeyilungu elilodwa leqembu labesifazane elalibizwa ngokuthi i-Mercury 13.
Bahlolwa ngokufanayo njengabafundi besilisa bokuqala baseMelika, abaziwa nge-Mercury 7. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa no-Alan Shepard, okwethiwa ngaye irokhethi kaBezos.
“Bengingacabangi ukuthi ngiyoke ngikwazi ukukhuphuka ngifike emkhathini,” kusho uFunk, owafundela ukuba i-astronaut yakwa-Nasa ngeminyaka yangowezi-1960 kodwa akaze andizele emkhathini.
Ebese kuba uDaemen, okungekho muntu owake wezwa ngaye ngaphambilini? Kuvela ukuthi ubaba wakhe usozigidi, ongumnikazi we-hedge fund, wakhokha u- $ 28 million ukubekela uDaemen indawo ohambweni oluya emkhathini. Lokhu kwenza uDaemen abe yisivakashi sokuqala esincane kunabo bonke emhlabeni.
Kodwa-ke ohambweni lwe-Blue Origin oluzayo, izicebi kuzodingeka zikhokhe cishe izigidi ezingu-R4,4 ukuya emkhathini.
“Lokhu esikubonayo kuyisiqalo sangempela somkhakha wezokuvakasha emkhathini,” kusho isazi-mlando sasemkhathini uRoger Launius.
Uhambo luthathe imizuzu eyi-10 namasekhondi ayi-19, okushicilelwe ngamaphephandaba emaningi cishe kungamasekhondi ayi-19 ubude kunamakhefu akhokhelwayo inkampani kaBezos i-Whole Foods ayinikeza abasebenzi bayo.
Kukhona ihlaya mayelana nohambo lwerokhethi kaJeff Bezos oluhlale imizuzu eyi-11 emkhathini – ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi ephawula ngesikhathi esehla phansi, uMark wathi; “Ngaze ngazizwa kamnandi.”
“Bekuwusuku oluhle kakhulu,” uJeff naye emamatheka.
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