Umuhanzi w’icyamamare Katy Perry yakoze amateka atangaje ubwo yaririmbiraga mu kirere cy’ikirere (space) ubwo yaterurwaga n’icyogajuru cya Blue Origin mu rugendo rwabaye bwa mbere rugizwe n’abagore bonyine.
Uyu muhango udasanzwe wabereye mu butayu bwa Texas aho Perry yafatanyije urugendo n’abandi bagore batanu b’intwari: Lauren Sanchez, umukunzi wa Jeff Bezos akaba n’umuyobozi w’ingendo za Blue Origin; Gayle King, umunyamakuru w’inararibonye; Amanda Nguyen, impirimbanyi y’uburenganzira bwa muntu; Aisha Bowe, wahoze ari umuhanga mu by’indege za roketi; na Kerianne Flynn, umukinnyi n’umuyobozi wa filime.
Uru rugendo rwafashe iminota 11 gusa, ariko rwagize uburemere bw’amateka budasanzwe. Iki cyari urugendo rwa mbere rw’abagore gusa mu isanzure kuva mu 1963, ndetse ni n’inshuro ya mbere itsinda ry’abagore gusa rigize ikipe y’icyogajuru mu rugendo rugera ku ntera y’ubutumburuke bwa 100 km hejuru y’Isi — aho bita umurongo wa Kármán, ugabanya isi n’isanzure.
Icyogajuru bakoreshaga cyari NS-31, kimwe mu bice bya gahunda ya New Shepard ya Blue Origin igamije gutwara ba mukerarugendo bifuza kugera mu isanzure.
Katy Perry aririmbira mu isanzure: “What A Wonderful World”
Mu gihe icyogajuru cyari cyamaze kurenga imbibi z’Isi, Perry yaririmbye indirimbo izwi cyane ya Louis Armstrong, “What A Wonderful World”, abinyujije mu buryo bw’ubuhanzi bwuje amarangamutima n’ubutumwa bw’ituze. Iri jambo ryakurikiwe n’amashusho y’indirimbo n’umuziki utuje wakomeje gususurutsa abari mu rugendo ndetse n’abari bakurikiye byose kuri internet.
Mu kiganiro cyakurikiye urugendo, Perry yatanze ibisobanuro byatumye benshi bagwa mu kantu ku birebana n’uko abona ibijyanye n’ibiremwa bivugwa ko bituruka ku zindi mibumbe Ibivejuru cyangwa “aliens”.
“Iyo ugeze hejuru y’Isi ukayireba aho ihurira n’isanzure, uhita wumva ko tudashobora kuba turi twenyine mu biriho. Hari ibintu byinshi bitaramenyekana. Ndi umwe mu bizeye ko hari ubundi buzima mu isanzure, ndetse bushobora kuba bwateye imbere kurusha twe,” — Katy Perry.
Yongeyeho ko urwo rugendo rwamufunguriye amaso ku yindi myumvire, ndetse ko agiye kwitabira ubuvugizi bushya bujyanye no guteza imbere ubushakashatsi mu by’isanzure n’ukumenya uko Isi ihagaze ugereranyije n’ibindi bice bigize ikirere.
Uru rugendo rwamuritse ubushobozi n’ubutwari bw’abagore mu nzego zitandukanye. Umuyobozi wa Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, yavuze ko iki gikorwa ari “intambwe ikomeye mu kwerekana ko abagore bashoboye kandi bafite uruhare runini mu gukomeza kugera kure mu bushakashatsi no gutwara abantu mu isanzure.”
Lauren Sanchez nawe yashimangiye ko ari intangiriro y’impinduka, ati:
“Ni intambwe igaragaza ko dushoboye kugera kure, ntitugomba kugira imbibi.”
Urugendo rwa Katy Perry n’abagenzi be b’abagore si urwa tekinoloji gusa, ahubwo ni ikimenyetso cy’ihinduka mu mitekerereze, uburinganire, n’imyumvire mishya ku buzima bwo mu isanzure. By’umwihariko, inyandiko ya Katy ku bijyanye n’abanyamahanga yashyize igorora ku biganiro bimaze igihe ku isi yose — ese turi twenyine koko?
